COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 09/04/2019
Andrew McCormick
Last Thursday, at 8:30am in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood, Liena Zagare, editor of the hyperlocal news site Bklyner, hailed commuters on their way to the 7th Avenue subway station. “Local news?” she called. “Local paper?” “Hi, would you like some local news?” In black boots, black jeans, and a black Bklyner T-shirt—topped with a neon green jacket—Zagare was upbeat. You have to be, she said, when you’re hawking newspapers.