Local News, When The Sky Fell Down

Why I’ve made a deliberate effort to write for a local newspaper, and why those local news media outlets still matter

The Fayette Tribune at the entrance to Heart of Gold Diner, Oak Hill, WV.

This is excerpted from the author’s Sunday SubStack feature News, Notes, and Notions.

One thing about my writing and media career is since I fell into it without meaning to, I missed a…