Watertown Daily Times closes its Washington bureau

Joanna Richards — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 04:08:16 +0000

An era in North Country – and national – journalism came to a quiet close at the end of March. The Watertown Daily Times closed its Washington, D.C. bureau, laying off the last of its capitol beat reporters, part of a tradition that stretches back more than 60 years.

The closure is part of a steep decline in regional newspapers providing their own eyes and ears on the ground in Washington, looking out for their readers' and their regions' interests as federal policy is made.

Joanna Richards has more.

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Watertown Daily Times closes its Washington bureau