What the Sacramento Bee Layoffs Say About the Death of Local Sports Journalism
The latest cuts at the Sacramento Bee hit some of the city’s most familiar sports reporters — and the bigger story goes far beyond one newsroom.
Dave and Jason discuss what hedge-fund ownership, shrinking subscriptions, and changing media habits are doing to local journalism, why fans may be contributing to the problem without realizing it, and what happens when fewer reporters are around to ask teams difficult questions. Do people still truly want deep local reporting, or just say they do?
