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    This news startup is starting to rival the Des Moines Register with its political coverage ahead of the Iowa Caucus
    The New York Times / Michael M. Grynbaum / Feb 3

    “Iowa Starting Line, a no-frills news outlet that started out as a rookie reporter and his Twitter account, is the new must-read of the 2020 campaign. Elite reporters follow it. Candidates care about it. And at a painful time in the local news business, its six-person staff has started to rival The Des Moines Register for scoops and influence in the first-in-the-nation presidential caucus.”

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