Great article! You are a wonderful writer. Really enjoy your articles and thoughts on things. And yes, growing up in NJ has made me more resilient. And yes, there certainly were bullies! I can attest to that!
I love this. I'm sharing this comment on Twitter, and while I know this isn't the point of what you've written, necessarily, it still makes me think of all the weird local publications and TV shows and such we might still have if we weren't all conglomerated and commercialized and homogenized and all that.
They touch on this in the podcast! Media conglomeration has killed local news beats, which focused on the quirky stuff and individuals. And as I'm sure you know, what's picked up the slack are non-paying markets and online/social ones that also don't pay, so there's less drive to do much deep digging. Because it's a job!
Great article! You are a wonderful writer. Really enjoy your articles and thoughts on things. And yes, growing up in NJ has made me more resilient. And yes, there certainly were bullies! I can attest to that!
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
I love this. I'm sharing this comment on Twitter, and while I know this isn't the point of what you've written, necessarily, it still makes me think of all the weird local publications and TV shows and such we might still have if we weren't all conglomerated and commercialized and homogenized and all that.
They touch on this in the podcast! Media conglomeration has killed local news beats, which focused on the quirky stuff and individuals. And as I'm sure you know, what's picked up the slack are non-paying markets and online/social ones that also don't pay, so there's less drive to do much deep digging. Because it's a job!