Author

David Joyner

@D_Joyner

David Joyner, a 2012 Nieman Fellow, was a reporter and editor at the <a href="http://www.gloucestertimes.com/">Gloucester Daily Times</a>, then managing editor at The Salem News and The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover. He is now vice president of content for <a href="http://cnhi.com/">Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.</a>, which owns all three Massachusetts newspapers.

Local Reporting Builds a Community’s ‘Social Capital’

‘Community journalism assumes its value in finding ways to connect people—by identifying passions and concerns they share, linking neighbor to neighbor, and motivating people to act.’