MEDIA POST – 23/03/2020
Sara Guaglione
McClatchy and Gannett have dropped the paywall on COVID-19 content across their networks of local publications.
“We see this as an important part of our public-service mission. In times of crisis, news can be as important as the most basic utility, and we will stand shoulder to shoulder with vital community organizations and services to do our part,” McClatchy president-CEO Craig Forman wrote in an op-ed published Friday.
The post ran online in all 30 McClatchy news sites and on Sunday in print. McClatchy newsrooms have produced more than 2,500 coronavirus-related articles, according to Forman.
“Life as we know it is changing dramatically for at least the next several weeks. But the news never stops. And neither will we,” he wrote.