Breaking News: Does anybody know what happened today?

The broken and beleaguered local news ecosystem we live in now makes us uneasy. Who can we turn to and trust to tell us what's going on?

In a perfect world, I'd publish a daily newspaper called, say, The Charlottesville Messenger, and I'd hire 10 of the best journalists in town, from a variety of diverse backgrounds, and they'd cover everything - restaurant openings, arts and entertainment, government corruption, politics, crime, police, equity issues, land use, development, what UVA is …