Wonderful Weeklies
In the upcoming issue of The Fourth Estate, MPA president Lloyd Gray references a fascinating article in the December/January 2006 issue of American Journalism Review, calling it a terrific, must read.
From AJR…Far away from the high-pressure, profit-margin-obsessed world of corporate journalism, four Mississippi weeklies provide their readers with first-rate local coverage. Despite their tiny staffs, they manage to find time for investigative reporting. And their hard-hitting editorials often have significant impact on public policy.