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Minnesota’s City Pages was closed after its parent company said the pandemic had made the alt-weekly “economically unviable.” Now, four top editors are back with something new.
“It’s important to speak truth. It’s not that important to speak about truth as part of your brand.”
Knowledge of research methods can help the public discern valid scientific claims from false or misleading ones, researchers explain.
The public research project analyzed membership projects worldwide. They found successful communities were fixated on learning what their members value.
Want to find out what the city is doing with homeless people’s belongings when it “clears” an encampment? An answer’s now just $29 away.
The Continent has now published 53 editions and has more than 11,000 subscribers a week who receive the publication for free.
“No matter the amount of tweeting or social media promotion that you might do, [the place] where you need to look to grow your audience is existing podcasts.”
NPR’s new ethics policy allows its journalists to advocate publicly for “the freedom and dignity of human beings.” But good luck figuring out which visions of “freedom” are now fair game.
The story was broken by The Pillar, a Substack newsletter founded in early 2021 by former editors of Catholic News Agency.