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“We believe for local news to have a future, it has to be built for people when they truly need information before it is built for people when they are just curious.”
Alvarez, Sarah. "Build for a crisis: Ideas for the future of local news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Mar. 2021. Web. 16 Oct. 2021.
APA
Alvarez, S. (2021, Mar. 22). Build for a crisis: Ideas for the future of local news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/build-for-a-crisis-ideas-for-the-future-of-local-news/
Chicago
Alvarez, Sarah. "Build for a crisis: Ideas for the future of local news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 22, 2021. Accessed October 16, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/03/build-for-a-crisis-ideas-for-the-future-of-local-news/.
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