Local News & Information
There's a Neighbor for That: On Civic Associations as a Social Technology
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The Jersey Bee – About Us
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doing interesting participatory stuff
The death of the obituary matters because local features can be an antidote to the trends of polarization and demonization. Cable news dehumanizes. Community news can rehumanize.
Steven Waldman • How high school sports coverage can save democracy - Poynter
A working-class-focused media could be supported by the dozens of media-oriented philanthropies and local news initiatives funded by taxpayers, like the recent ones in New Jersey and California, as well as independent media cooperatives—people pooling resources to create real alternatives to corporate media. As Pickard has written, public funding c... See more
America Needs a Working-ClassMedia
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tandfonline.comfull of people who are committed to celebrating the city, investigating its institutions and bringing readers together via amazing conversations and events
Joshi Herrmann • Irrational optimism and the rebuilding of local journalism
These newsrooms are trying to boost trust through transparency. Is it ...
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Journalists are needed so people have access to the information and answers they need to guide their lives.