December 18, 2024

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The local paper brought this small Ontario town together. Now it’s gone, and no number of social-media groups can replace it The local paper brought this small Ontario town together. Now it’s gone, and no number of social-media groups can replace it
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The local paper brought this small Ontario town together. Now it’s gone, and no number of social-media groups can replace it

Robert Washburn January 28, 2021
When Elaine Smyth came across a stack of newspapers spanning 40 years, they were bound for the...
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work

Robert Washburn December 20, 2020
An unlikely trend is developing in the media industry: people think they can make real money from...
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work

Robert Washburn December 19, 2020
An unlikely trend is developing in the media industry: people think they can make real money from...
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What we think we know and what we want to know: perspectives on trust in news in a changing world
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What we think we know and what we want to know: perspectives on trust in news in a changing world

Robert Washburn December 16, 2020
Passengers on a subway train, Brasilia, Brazil, July 2020. REUTERS/Adriano Machado Introduction | What we think we...
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work
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‘Go in small with clear-eyed expectations’: How a crop of startups are trying to make for-profit local news work

Robert Washburn November 11, 2020
An unlikely trend is developing in the media industry: people think they can make real money from...
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