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    Tom Stites describes his model for forming news cooperatives to get around areas where market forces have taken news coverage away.

    Tom StitesDecember 7, 2011
    Tom Stites: Taking stock of the state of web journalism
    We may be five years into the big push for web journalism, argues the veteran editor, but we’re still a long way from a sustainable model to support the knowledge needed in local communities. Part 1 of 3.
    Tom StitesDecember 8, 2011
    Tom Stites: Layoffs and cutbacks lead to a new world of news deserts
    The veteran editor asks what happens when a community loses a newspaper — or the reporting heart of one. Part 2 of 3.
    Tom StitesDecember 9, 2011
    Tom Stites: Might the new web journalism model be neither for-profit nor nonprofit?
    There’s a third option, the veteran editor argues: a co-op model that lets communities advance their own interests. Part 3 of 3.
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