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March 4, 2011, 3 p.m.

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POSTED     March 4, 2011, 3 p.m.
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Lessons learned in The Building of Lost Causes
“The skills we developed while facing down the fossil fuel industry — persistence through trolling campaigns, converting readers one by one, turning an upstart publication into essential reading — these aren’t just about journalism. They’re about how to keep building when everything around you feels like it’s crumbling.”
Blocking out the audience’s siren song
“But most governance — even extreme governance — is banal. If Project 2025 is anything to go by, journalists need to focus more on the boring minutiae of policymaking and not on the sensationalism of politics.”
Journalism education leads the change we seek
“Training the next generation of journalists means preparing them to be global citizens.”