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A newspaper hero is remembered, and the $500 million Press Forward journalism-funding program hires a new director, writes @BrierDudley.
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An Indiana research project documented how coverage declined when a big chain acquired a local newspaper and what readers miss. #SaveLocalNews
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More opinions from Washington's delegation on why Congress should help save local journalism, reported by @BrierDudley. Where do other states' delegations stand?
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David Horsey on the distraction that cell phone cause for kids in school.
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Illinois is joining Washington and other states looking to help save local journalism. This can't come soon enough for the good of news gathering and the democracy that depends on it.
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Want to discuss Boeing or former President Donald Trump? Join the discussion by emailing us at letters@seattletimes.com. Letters must be 200 words or less.
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While overshadowed by the surprise sale of The Baltimore Sun, the restructuring and sale of Canada-based Black Press will affect many more people @BrierDudley writes.
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A small sample of recent news ventures suggests there's still hope for saving the local, independent press system, if conditions are right @BrierDudley writes.
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A Senate hearing on AI affecting journalism kicks off this year's discussion about how and why Congress needs to help save local news @BrierDudley writes.
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The publisher of a small newspaper in Canada tells @BrierDudley why it's necessary to have policies requiring tech giants to fairly compensate news outlets.
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Washington's new civic journalism fellowship drew a surprising number of newsroom applications, highlighting the breadth of the local news crisis @BrierDudley writes.
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The national NewsGuild labor union is warming to the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, a bill that would help save thousands of newspaper jobs @BrierDudley writes.
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Canada's policy forcing Google to start compensating news publishers is a great step forward toward saving local news but big questions remain @BrierDudley writes.
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First impressions online can steer us in the wrong direction, write the authors of a new guide to finding trustworthy news and information.
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The rate of newspaper failures is increasing, to 2.5 closures per week on average, further eroding local knowledge, civic engagement and democracy @BrierDudley writes.
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Proposals to support local news with vouchers, similar to Seattle's democracy vouchers, are advancing. The support is welcome but this is not the right approach @BrierDudley writes.
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Amazon’s founder built something big that changed Seattle for the better.
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A revelatory new study estimates Google and Facebook owe news publishers at least $12 billion yearly for the value news content brings to their platforms @BrierDudley reports.
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Heidi Wright, the new president of America's Newspapers, explains what's most important for papers to survive.
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The everyday work of journalists in the relative safety of the U.S. may not have the same stakes as covering foreign wars, but the framers knew it was a matter of life and death for the republic.
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