Crisis in local newspapers...

apparently local newspapers are really biting the dust.

Dave Winer had an article (and proposed solution) about it at

http://stories.scripting.com/2007/03/24/troubleAtTheChronicle.html

referring to this...

SF Chronicle in Trouble?:

http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/sf_chronicle_in.html

One point by Winer is that newspapers should give blogs to people they interview,  thus tapping both expertise and the new "citizen" journalism.