Hello, this is not a story but instead an ask. During the pandemic the already struggling local-journalism industry has taken an especially hard hit. While the news keeps coming and is being read more widely and by more people than almost any other time, ad revenue, the engine that sustains local journalism has plummeted. Some of my more free market readers might say, “hey, the industry is failing, why should I bail it out?” Which is a fair and good question. It’s also a question that has an answer: Journalism, especially local journalism has massive positive externalities. It serves has the public’s watchdog; as a source of information and community. We need those things now more than ever. It has also served as a tremendous source for me and the content of this website. If you have the ability to help overcome the free rider problem we’re facing, I encourage you to click the button below (which will take you to the Times’ page) and to donate whatever it is that you can. Hopefully soon the Times will be back on track and free enterprise can resume its natural course.
