State Coverage Gets a Boost From Local-Focused Media Company

Since last year, Alabama-based Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.has added five positions on a new hybrid state government/watchdog/enterprise beat in states where it owns clusters of newspapers, with plans to add three more positions on this beat next year. Two other reporters already working for the chain have shifted to full-time state government/watchdog coverage, and the company just opened a one-person bureau in Washington, DC.