Newspapers

The rapid devolution of print journalism gets regularly lamented for all the right reasons — among them the losses of investigative voices, institutional memories and checks on the powerful. A less-noted side-effect is cities’ loss of revenue from recycling newsprint.

Newspaper stalwarts like to tout the delight print readers feel when their eyes fall upon interesting juxtapositions of stories they’d never see online. But sometimes such paper-copy serendipity can be bewildering. Look at today’s Star Tribune B section (emphasis on B).

Sunshine Week, as we noted yesterday, is an annual event led by the American Society of Newspaper Editors and conceived to promote knowledge and use of open-records laws. Several newspaper editorials from across the state have weighed in and made the call for more openness and transparency at all levels of government. While all call [...]