The growth of the internet and the economic decline of mainstream local media have combined to give news consumers a very mixed bag. The paradox is that the volume of information available on many important subjects has exploded while the accuracy of much of it has diminished, as many of the traditional “news gatekeepers” have lost influence or disappeared. Before I helped … [Read more...] about A look back at 50 years of gateway journalism: Volume of information explodes while accuracy diminishes
Unique KC Star, Post-Dispatch, News-Leader project on epidemic of Missouri gun deaths
It started with a maddening statistic. Missouri has ranked first or second for 11 years as the state with the nation’s highest rate of African Americans who die in homicides. The Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center says that 57 Missouri Blacks per 100,000 people were killed in 2017, nearly triple the national average. Typically, news organizations mention this … [Read more...] about Unique KC Star, Post-Dispatch, News-Leader project on epidemic of Missouri gun deaths