Can a radio station website save local news?
Saga Communications, which owns radio stations in Charlottesville and across the country, is betting on local news websites,
When Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr. was sentenced in the evening on Friday, November 21 for killing three UVA students and wounding two others in 2022, the Washington Post didn’t turn to our 133-year old daily newspaper, our 36-year old local weekly, or our 20-year old non-profit news website — they turned to a news feed that was launched on a local radio station’s website only a year ago.
Perry’s sister said the killing “shattered” their lives. “Accountability matters,” D’Shandra Perry said, according to Cville Right Now. “My brother’s life matters.”
Oh, USAToday, ESPN, and the Virginian-Pilot also used Cville Right Now for coverage of the sentencing.
Cville Right Now editor Mike Barber admits that his experience writing for the Post, ESPN, and the Virginian-Pilot might have helped, a…
