CSPAN2 Capital News Today April 1, 2010
len downie the former executive board editor of "the washington post" and the media scholar published a report that said the economic foundation of the nation's newspapers is collapsing and newspapers themselves are shrinking. the knight foundation's commission on the information needs of local community said, local journalistic institutions are themselves in crisis with financial technological and behavioral changes taking place in our society. yet there is universal agreement that healthy journalism is a vital ingredient in a democratic society. citizens need trusted sources of inf...