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B0C28VRBDG M4B@128 kbps Author: Ellen Clegg, Dan Kennedy Narrator: Chris Baetens A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a time. A must-hear for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities. Local news is essential to democracy. Meaningful participation in civic life is impossible without it. However, local news is in crisis. According to one widely cited study, some 2,500 newspapers have closed over the last generation. And it is often marginalized communities of color who have been left without the day-to-day journalism they need to govern themselves in a democracy.