An Original Publication Bites the Dust

After a wild and news-making three and a half years of "authentic journalism" from the front lines of the Drug War (south of the Mexican border), Al Giordano's Narco News is apparently shutting down. (Link via Romenesko)

Comments

[Anonymous]

Here's his new project:

http://www.bigleftoutside.com/

[Kevin Carson]

At least he's leaving the site up with its archives. It's still a good resource.

[Kevin Carson]

And thanks, anonymous gunslinger, for pointing out Giordano's new blog.

[Anonymous]

It sucks Al wouldn't ask his readers to help him out after his grants/rich funding source (Tides perhaps)? ran out -- he wouldn't even put up a little 'please donate maybe if you'd kinda like to' button on his site. I'd of donated a couple bucks to at least keep him going for the rest of the year and my guess is that at least a few hundred other people would have chipped in as well -- look at all the coverage we are missing on the chaos of Bolivia in recent days and weeks -- we have to reply on 2 paragraph AP stories if you don't read espanol...his anti-capitalism did him him ohh well -- Viva NarcoNews, Down with Chavez, Long live Al!

[James B.]

He can always go back to working at NUMA with Dirk Pitt.