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Joshua BentonJune 28, 2022

For print newspapers, one Florida retirement community is a better market than Atlanta, St. Louis, or Portland

For local newspapers, print circulation has collapsed for every audience except retirees. That’s why the daily paper in The Villages, Florida (metro population 129,752) prints as many copies as the one in Atlanta (metro population 6,930,423).

Hanaa' TameezJune 27, 2022

The Tributary, covering Florida’s largest city, will be a worker-directed nonprofit

Staffers will take part in making collective decisions about the organization, from hiring and compensation to developing the budget, along with their journalistic work.

Wendi C. ThomasJune 15, 2022

When student loans and the housing crisis force journalists out of the business

“Is our compensation structure fundamentally unjust because we pay primarily for experience and skills, with no consideration for need?”

Carrington J. TatumJune 15, 2022

Loans got me into journalism. Student debt pushed me out.

“My journalism degree was more expensive than my wealthier classmates’ degrees because I couldn’t afford to pay in cash. But that’s a common theme with American systems. Poor people pay high prices. Rich people get discounts.”

Jon RinemanMay 11, 2022

What might reverse late-night TV’s decline?

“If someone’s already watching something on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, why would they set their DVRs for 1:30 a.m.?”

Laura Hazard OwenMay 10, 2022

“We need to be interesting”: Editors of metro dailies talk about their biggest opportunities and challenges now

“Instead of focusing on one very small geographic area, that same reporter may look for commonalities and trends across multiple areas.”

Sarah ScireMay 10, 2022

Revenue for hundreds of local news orgs went up in 2021, according to new data

More than 50 local newsrooms with just one or two full-time employees made more than $100,000 in annual revenue in 2021.

Laura Hazard OwenApril 29, 2022

“An audible gasp”: Quartz, once a high-flying startup, has sold to G/O Media

“Selling was not the plan, but it became the very best path for Quartz.”

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen and Sarah Anne GanterApril 27, 2022

How can publishers respond to the power of platforms?

“We may not like them, but they have been absolutely essential in expanding our reach and building our digital business.”

Divine DubeApril 26, 2022

How might we make news membership work in the Global South?

Taking chances on media membership in Zimbabwe.

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