In the article “What We Lost When Gannett Came to Town,” Elaine Godfrey untangles the impact of losing one’s local news source and the importance of having a local news source. Godfrey emphasizes the importance of local news to a community, explaining that, “These stories are the connective tissue of a community; they introduce people to their neighbors, and they encourage readers to listen to and empathize with one another. When that tissue disintegrates, something vital rots away” (672). As noted by Godfrey, the local news creates a living, breathing organism within the community by connecting the readers of the local newspaper to their town. Then, the author proceeds to tell us that if there is a disintegration of that connection (when Gannett
