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Re:Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home by 0xbadcafebee on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @11:22AM (#46603097)
Our local paper put up a paywall so subscriptions help subsidize the reporting along with the advertising. I'm sure it's a losing battle but you don't get into local news for the money.
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Re:Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home by iso1631 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:57PM (#46604900)
The problem with that is it reduces the visibility of public news even further. You can have a pulitzer prize winning report onto council corruption, but if only 50 people read it it doesn't really matter.
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