John Adams

But I think, you know, the idea for local news day is that there's actually so much going on.

on sort of the revival of this critically important civic institution, which is your local news organizations.

And this Local News Day is really about helping Americans know where they can find those sources of information where they live.

As we've lost

sources of local news, our attention goes elsewhere.

People are curious.

People want to stay informed.

People want to be in the know on things.

And we all carry around these incredibly powerful supercomputers in our pockets that are radically connected to the entire world.

And so we can find out what's happening in Israel or

I ran within minutes of it happening.

But in terms of, you know, what happened to, you know, why is that street closed three blocks from my house?

You may wait days to find the answer to that.

And you might have to find it out on social media or you might have to find it out by asking your neighbors.

And, you know, in a lot of communities, they kind of left their attention, which was, you

on their doorstep, right?

A paper delivered to their door.

You wake up, you drink the coffee, you unroll the paper, you read the headlines, you swear at the opinion page.

Then you check the local sports box scores for the basketball game that happened the night before, what have you.

And then you end your day watching the evening newscasts and knowing what's going on.