Local Journalism Makes Us a Better Neighbor and a Better Citizen | Jill Bond | TEDxIndianaUniversity

I've been thinking a lot lately about the role of a newspaper in a community, what it means to be a good neighbor, and what it means to be a good citizen of democracy. As the editor of the Herald Times newspaper here in Bloomington, it appears to me these things intersect. What would you think if I told you there's one simple thing you could do today to become a better citizen and a better neighbor.In 2021, my husband and I bought a house on Bloomington's east side. I grew up in rural Iowa, he on the coast ...