Growing up in a newspaper family and running a newspaper route with a neighborhood buddy for the AJC as one of my first jobs, I will admit that I have a sentimental as well as logical attachment to the need for local newspapers and their importance in communities large and small.

A longtime friend and colleague in this industry, Dick Williams, an opinion columnist for The Atlanta Journal, owner/editor and publisher of The Crier of Dunwoody and decades long host of The Georgia Gang on Fox 5 Atlanta, often said that the best newspapers must be their community’s BIGGEST cheerleader and when needed, harshest critic. He was right, though that is admittedly a tough balancing act.

Though newspapers may survive online, in email newsletters and other platforms, this is not as simple as saying goo

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