Local news is dying. Does it matter? (with Dr. Nikki Usher)
News & Brews
English - August 04, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, Mike and Erol are joined by Dr. Nikki Usher, Associate Professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Senior Fellow at the Open Markets Institute. Her new book, “News for the Rich, White, and Blue” traces the decline of local newspapers in cities that don’t have the Times or the Post, and how it has reshaped the landscape of news production and consumption. We talk about how the market for news has failed, what it has meant for our beloved places and papers like the Baltimore Sun and International Herald Tribune, and how we’ll always have croissants, all while Nikki enjoys the “beer of Champaign.”
To order Nikki’s book, “News for the Rich, White, and Blue”, visit: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/news-for-the-rich-white-and-blue/9780231184670
Mike is drinking: DC Brau Joint Resolution Hazy IPA
Erol is drinking: Right Proper Li'l Wit
Nikki is drinking: Blind Pig Brewing Raspberry Wheat