Laid-Off Journalist Who Won't Stop Working Inspires A Weary Nation

Alt-weeklies — which rely entirely on advertising and public events for revenue — were dealt a terrible early blow by the nation’s response to the coronavirus. From coast to coast, publications suspended print editions and laid off staffers. St. Louis’ Riverfront Times was among those hardest hit. The 42-year-old publication halted its print edition and laid off seven staffers, including three editors, the art director and a staff writer. Only two journalists remain on the payroll: Editor in Chief Doyle Murphy and Digital Editor Jaime Lees. But one of the laid-off journalists has simply refused to leave. Host Sarah Fenske talks to Riverfront Times Music Editor Daniel Hill, who, one day after being furloughed, defiantly posted on the publication’s website that he was going to keep writing whether or not he got paid for it.