State government and the decisions legislators make can have a big impact on our daily live. But as local news outlets have struggled fiinancially in recent decades, there are fewer eyes on state government. A 2019 Pew Research Center report found that in the last decade newsroom employment has fell by 25 percent in the United States, with a decline of almost 50% at newspapers.
That lack of accountability journalism can have real consequences for Idahoans.
That’s why States Newsroom was created. It’s a network of affiliates where reporters cover state and capital city politics around the county. The newest affiliate? That would be the Idaho Capital Sun, which will debut Wednesday.
Idaho Matters learns about this new journalism outlet from editor-in-chief Christina Lords (formerly of the Idaho Statesman) reporter Clark Corbin (formerly of Idaho Education News).
