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Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan

NPR · David Folkenflik · last updated
Dashed hopes and slashed jobs define the local news industry in far too many corners of the country. In Atlanta, Andrew Morse, the president and publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has splashy plans to revive the ailing newspaper.

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