PBS Newshour's Judy Woodruff says "it’s actively harmful for our fiber, our strength as a country when we don’t have local journalism." In the Texas panhandle, Woodruff talked to a rancher about their local paper going under: “I didn’t always agree with Laurie Brown” — she’s the editor — “with her editorials. She leans a little bit more to the left than we do, than I do.” But, he said, “This newspaper has been the glue that has helped hold our community together.”
PBS Journalist Judy Woodruff on What Ails America, and How to Fix Things
In a Chronicle interview, the veteran reporter talks about her two years exploring what is tearing Americans apart — and the nonprofits working to bring people together.
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