BackboneAmerica

You have to read closely to see it, so elegant are the euphemisms, but the company that owns the company that owns (more…)

In recent years several major metropolitan newspapers have gone out of business and more have cut back considerably on their coverage. (more…)

What forces in America’s economy and culture are threatening the survival of newspapers and diverting audiences to other information sources? What are the consequences for us as citizens in a free society? How can we take charge in the emerging new paradigm; or can we? Discuss all this with Centennial Institute panelists at Issue Friday, May 1, 10:00-11:00 am, on the Colorado Christian University campus. (more…)

Just in the first week since the Rocky shut down, think about the state and local stories that were covered less robustly in the absence (more…)

E. W. Scripps has announced that Friday will be the last day of publication for the Rocky Mountain News. This is a sad day (more…)

“Beginning of the end” toward exiting the recession, President Obama’s upbeat words about the stimulus bill he signed in Denver (more…)

(Denver Post, Jan. 18) You, a captive of the media? No way. Nobody mediates for you. You think independently. You gather your own information and decide for yourself. Me too. We don’t need no media mediating for us, no sir. Yeah, right. In our dreams, maybe, but not in America today. The world is so interconnected, changes so fast, and presents each person with so many choices, that reliance on others for much of our knowledge is inescapable. But which media can we trust, (more…)