Three Days Notice: Local Journalism Continues To Die Out

The return of Aditi Kinkhabwala to the Sports Illustrated website after a nine month absence made me wonder how she supports herself the rest of the year.  In addition it made me wonder what a 'kinkhab' is because a 'wala' is somebody who does something for a living (I suspect even now someone in India is coining the term blogwala).  Anyhow, a quick search confirmed that she has been the Rutgers beat writer for the Bergen Record.  But in the middle of that search came the news that last month she was unceremoniously fired laid off, to be accurate.  Another writer close to her native community loses out, and we move one more step toward a media which simply reprints the same national stories.  Let's hope SI gives her more chances for insightful commentary.  She has also blogged Rutgers sports here.