For readers of some prominent regional newspapers, following the impeachment inquiry is a far different experience depending on whether you seek out newsprint or go digital.
It was a front-page story in most newspapers. But on their websites, you’d often have to hunt to find that news. Local stories, like a murder trial in St. Louis or racists tweets sent out by a professor in Indiana, ruled the day.
It’s a reflection of how the business is changing, and how newspapers focus on local news first to survive. Yet it means the days of these once-powerful newspapers offering readers a window to the world are drawing short.