vindicator

I spent some time with Bertram de Souza, the paper’s editorial page editor, who had been at the Vindicator for 40 years.

An extreme case of the withering of local news over the past decade is Youngstown, Ohio, where the beloved 150-year-old daily newspaper, the Vindicator, abruptly went out of business in 2019.

What happened to the Vindicator was a particularly notable version of an oft-repeated story: There just wasn’t enough money anymore to keep the paper afloat and pay the staff.

While it was still in business, the Vindicator was relatively lucky because it was owned by a local family for 132 years.

It confers on the plaintiff the status of a vindicator of rights, and it puts on notice those who are, or might contemplate, acting on incorrect interpretations of the law.