Commentary: You can help prevent the ‘gut punch’ of newspaper closures

Commentary: You can help prevent the ‘gut punch’ of newspaper closures

“A gut punch.” That’s how David Bordewyk, executive director of the South Dakota NewsMedia Association, described the abrupt closure of four newspapers in the state last month. On Aug. 7, News Media Corporation, which published 25 different newspaper titles in Arizona, Illinois, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, announced it was immediately shutting down all of its operations. The (relatively) good news is that within a couple of weeks, Champi…