Bass ’82 launches second Web-only publication
As newspapers across the country continue to go bankrupt, Yale lecturer Paul Bass ’82 just launched a new media outlet for south-central Connecticut. But don't look for this paper in print: Like the New Haven Independent, which Bass started in 2005, it is only available online.
The Online Journalism Project, which is led by Bass, launched its second online-only newspaper, the Valley Independent Sentinel, this week. The Sentinel, employing two full-time reporters and freelance contributors, will cover news from Ansonia,...
The Evening Sentinel, our namesake, was a local paper that wasn't ashamed to put obits and birth announcements on A-1.
We're doing obits on the front as an homage, in a way.
Also -- why make people search for the most read item?
why are the obits the most prominent feature on the webpage?