The Toledo Blade newspaper will close after 191 years if a buyer isn’t found.
Former sister paper The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was saved from a similar fate earlier this year.
There’s been a seismic shift in the print media landscape, but social media is only partly to blame, as some of the damage is self-inflicted.
As newspapers fold and trained reporters lose their jobs, what happens to journalism’s role as The Fourth Estate in holding those in power to account?
Guests:
- Dee Drummond, senior lecturer, University of Toledo/former reporter, The Toledo Blade
- Dan Kennedy, journalism professor, Northeastern University
- Michael Berry, attorney specializing in The First Amendment