1. Elaine Godfrey Discusses the Harm When A Community Loses its Newspaper Robin Johnson 29:00

Elaine Godfrey, a Burlington-area native and staff writer for the Atlantic, talks about her recent article on the decline of the Burlington Hawk Eye and it’s meaning for the community and how it furthers the nationalization of politics.

Elaine Godfrey Discusses the Harm When A Community Loses its Newspaper
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