Twenty Summers

Local newspapers have been dying in America’s towns and cities for a decade or more. The losses are not confined to tens of thousands of jobs: an essential foundation of democracy — independent, reliable sources of news — is crumbling. But small-town journalism based on hard-hitting reporting is hardly dead. Join Provincetown Independent founders Ed Miller and Teresa Parker, Vineyard Gazette publisher Jane Seagrave, and former New York magazine editor Adam Moss to find out why. Jane Seagrave has been the publisher of the Vineyard Gazette for the past 12 years. The Gazette covers the six towns on Martha’s Vineyard and is one of the most distinguished small newspapers in the U.S. and the winner of numerous awards. It was founded in 1846. Jane is president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association. Before going to the Gazette, she was Senior Vice President and then Chief Revenue Officer of the Associated Press. Adam Moss was editor-in-chief of New York Magazine from 2004 until he stepped down in M