As digital news pioneers observed, ‘local doesn’t scale.’ Any solution to the local news crisis is going to involve reporters and editors who are creative and smart about what works for their readers.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
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Partnerships between universities and local media outlets are key ways to sustain local news where coverage is diminishing.
Independent community publishers are helping to restore trust in journalism - but they need support.
The freedom of the press is important, and of course it must be protected. But the freedom of everybody else and of ordinary citizens is also important.
