Democracy Diminished: Is Local News Dying (WATCH)

Local newspapers are vital to the civic health of America’s small towns –– but local papers are a vanishing breed, leaving “news deserts” in many parts of Maine and the country.
What are Maine’s leading news organizations doing to counter this trend? Lisa DeSisto, CEO and publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News, Maine Monitor Executive Director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, and Bangor Daily News Director of Development Jo Easton at Lunt Auditorium, met in Falmouth on November 20 for an in-depth and timely discussion, moderated by former Boston Globe editor Matt Storin, hosted by OceanView at Falmouth and presented by the Camden Conference.

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