Location, location, location.
That's what they say about real estate ... and newspapers.
So our home town newspaper, you know, the one that's locally owned, but is on the block. The paper that is supposedly focused on local issues because it's locally owned. The paper that may soon be owned by a heartless conglomerate who won't care about the people in this area.
Yeah! That one.
This kind, caring, locally focused dog trainer decide to run a story about soldiers being shot by an Iraqi soldier who turned his gun on the Americans.
Local angle, zero.
The location of that story: the front page.
But there was another story about a local National Guard officer from Richmond whose parents live in Norfolk who got a Silver Star for bravery. That story was found on the inside of the paper, in the Hampton Roads section, sharing the page with a story about the restoration of a Civil War fort and a Virginia Beach socialite's oyster roast.
Thanks to local ownership, the crack(ed) editorial staff knows what you're interested in.
That out-of-town conglomerate can't come fast enough.
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