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Op-ed: A new, collaborative model for mapping the US local news landscape

Columbia Journalism Review · Sarah Stonbely · last updated
Over the past few years, the energy around saving and strengthening local news has amped up.

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The traditional journalism business model has long since collapsed, and news organizations have shrunk or disappeared entirely. While a number of promising experiments are under way, the public has not shown a willingness to buy what news organizations are selling.

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