Gary’s Power Crisis Exposed a Bigger Problem: Who Pays to Tell Stories That Aren’t Viral? #viral

As residents of Gary, Indiana, endured a prolonged power crisis that left thousands without electricity, media entrepreneur Morgan DeBaun found herself asking a troubling question about the future of journalism: *What happens to the important story that isn't viral?

DeBaun, the founder and CEO behind Blavity, AfroTech and Travel Noire, said Gary's electricity crisis has exposed a larger problem facing local and community-focused journalism: the growing difficulty of getting important stories funded, reported and distributed in an increasingly fragmented media environment.

“So what happens to the important story that isn’t viral?” DeBaun asked in an Instagram post. “Who pays to report it?”

#journalism #trending #garypowercut #viral #trendingnow #Blavity #afrotech
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