How can a self-styled publisher/editor/reporter have “One Of The Oldest Women In The World” living in his community of only 20,000 people and not know it?

Or, how did the Washington Post and suburban news outlets miss what the residents in a historically Black community were telling them for years about an old bridge?

I am looking for sources who can speak to the role journalism plays in gentrification and erasure. Have a story? Let’s talk.