Hi-Noon: Saving Print Journalism

If I were editor for a day – or a month – at a small to mid-sized paper, I’d junk the daily national and international news, or perhaps run just a few headlines, and put all the newsroom resources on the community. Go back to covering the school board meetings. Report on what’s new at the Saturday market. More local culture, more local politics, more of everything local. I’d localize national and international stories more in the interest of getting local folks to comment on the news. I’d take a page from the Times and create a local Bill Cunningham , the photographer who rides the streets of Gotham on his bicycle recording the look and rhythm of the city/ Marc Johsnon , The Johnson Report. More here.

Question: If you were editor for a day, what would you do to save print journalism?