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Local Action with Global Effects: the Saga of the Leaf Blower
There was a time when people considered the noise and pollution of gas-powered leafblowers to be merely a “First-World Problem,” a nuisance that mattered…
‘With the Wind at our Back’
Ten years in, a promising change in the national mood. Now, what comes next.
Outstanding Programs in Public Education from the American South
Lessons from Mississippi for the rest of the U.S.
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A Student Newspaper Takes on Community Responsibilities
The Ball State Daily News has filled a local journalism gap.
The Rise of the Kingsbury Journal, and the Future of Local Journalism
A local paper with a longer history than its home state suddenly shut its doors, for good, during the pandemic. How an entire community willed a new publication into existence–and avoided…
The New Approach to Local Journalism
Here’s another installment in the ongoing series on how local news operations, especially newspapers, can devise new ways to stay in business. For previous entries—from Mississippi,…
‘Local, Local, Local’: How a Small Newspaper Survives
This is another road report on the state of local journalism, which is more and more important, and more and more imperiled.
It is important because so much of the future of American…
Report for America Revives Possibilities for Local Journalism
A promising movement, in discouraging times.