‘Revisions’ and tech problems delay $5.3 million in federal funding owed to Syracuse nonprofits, HUD says centralcurrent.org/revisions-and-…

"As I set up Epicenter NYC and URL Media, when I went to mainstream outlets they were saying we don’t know about your 'standards' ... I said I know I don’t agree with yours. It’s often the bigger outlet that gets to be dismissive of the smaller." - Me medium.com/centerforcoope…

NEW: Syracuse police officers crashed their vehicles hundreds of times between 2013 and 2022, with some wrecks leaving civilians with lasting injuries. Check out Central Current's investigation with the USA Today Network's NY team and Syracuse University centralcurrent.org/devastating-in…

Saving the news media means moving beyond the benevolence of billionaires theconversation.com/saving-the-new…

The great subscription news reversal axios.com/2024/02/06/gre…

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Short parable on the need for local journalism: My wife and I live in a small town (~25,000 people) in Middlesex County, NJ, where we recently had a referendum on whether or not to increase the fire department budget by about 60% (🧵 continues)

Report for America, which funds of hundreds of local journalists, will no longer support positions at Gannett, Alden, or any newspapers owned by private equity or hedge funds because "that business model isn’t the future for robust local news." journal-isms.com/2024/03/j-grou…

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Local news supporters in New York State: important development. The state senate has included a tax credit for news orgs that hire/retain local reporters. Please weigh in with your state reps and senators if you agree. post-journal.com/news/community…

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BIG NEWS: NY State leaders agree on landmark, bipartisan plan to help counter the collapse of community news – $30 million in employment tax credits for news outlets. First in the nation. Most significant state effort yet.

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Wells College says it will close at the end of the spring semester :: 14850.com/042936377-well…

Of the 11 outlets that won journalism Pulitzers, none were owned by hedge funds, 0 owned by private equity, 2 in publicly traded companies, 4 were nonprofit, 5 were family owned #futureoflocalnews

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I expect to see more of this - a natural progression from print to digital. It's a smart business move. Alaska’s most-read newspaper, the Anchorage Daily News, to cut back printing to two days a week alaskapublic.org/2024/07/08/ala… via @AKPublicNews