Ken Doctor, a former Knight Ridder employee, asks Gary Pruitt, McClatchy CEO, ten questions about the sale of the 12 Knight Ridder ophaned papers. Here is the one that is most intriguing to me:
In economically stagnant markets, is the need for quality local journalism greater than, or less than, the need for such journalism in rapidly growing markets? And in either case: who should be responsible for providing that journalism?
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Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.