Please support whatever local journalism you have in your area, if you have any. Financially if possible / subscriptions. They are one of the few organizations that give a voice in support of the public good, and very rarely receive the thanks and gratitude they deserve.
Many areas no longer have local journalism and are controlled by large corporations (most local TV news for example). In that case there is not much that can be done unless you are a journalist yourself.
The media is arguably a 4th branch of government that can help to maintain a system of checks and balances.
Yeah I guess that’s not really very good journalism. If they have nothing “hard hitting” or for investigative journalism, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re not owned by a larger corporation.
I think a lot of the better organizations are very small, and sometimes go by hyper or micro local news. They’re less about covering everything, and more about going deeper into a few important topics of importance to people who live there.
I subscribe to one where I live and the things they cover are unbelievable compared to the corporate newspapers and tv news. Things that really have a huge effect on me and everyone else personally.