Irrational optimism and the rebuilding of local journalism
On the local news side, there are exciting experiments around community media and re-envisioning local news not just to be something that we bring back in its old form, but something that is co-created in a participatory manner by communities.
And of course, the membership model changed completely. Exclusivity-based Consumer membership (whether Guardian Live or even a basic content paywall) was taken off the agenda, and the priority became delivering the public good Citizens needed, and asking for direct financial support in return.