“In just a few years, a publisher based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has become the country’s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn’t the cruelest.”
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Monumental Tiny News
“The triumph of Lucy Lippard’s El Puente, which is as engaged with the past of a New Mexican village as it is with daily life.”
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Out of Work in America
In partnership with local news organizations across the U.S., the New York Times documents the lives of 12 Americans who are out of work during the pandemic.
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Area Man Knows All About Fake News
But who’s Area Man? In an era of fake news crackdowns, satirical newspapers aren’t adding up.
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An Elegy for DNAinfo, Local Media’s First Responders
We were the watchdogs, showing up when no one else did.
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Everyone Should Fear What Happened to the Gothamist Sites
Former LAist editor-in-chief Julia Wick writes on the power of local journalism — and the dangers it’s currently facing.
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These Are the Locals Who Get The Story of Charlottesville Right
The historians, activists, reporters, and columnists who tell the complicated and ever-changing story of their own community.