Priorities

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2135312/priorities

Arlington Now: Arlington libraries digitize 3,000 newspaper photos from ’80s-’90s. “The library’s Charlie Clark Center for Local History has digitized approximately 3,000 photos from the Arlington Courier, a weekly newspaper covering the county during that period. The collection of prints and negatives was donated to the library in 2002 by Emily Schlesinger, who owned the newspaper before […]

Illinois Secretary of State: Giannoulias Announces First-Ever Statewide Digital Library Resource Program. “Through their local library, or through the Illinois State Library’s website, every Illinois resident now has free access to a vast collection of trusted online resources, including e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers and research databases. Content is provided through an annual […]

What the hell?

Minnesota Star Tribune owner denies report of potential sale to Alpha News

"The Minnesota Star Tribune’s owner Glen Taylor says a report that he sought to sell the legacy newspaper to a local conservative media group is false, saying instead he wishes to put the 159-year-old company under a foundation."
By Christopher Vondracek
The Minnesota Star Tribune
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-star-tribune-owner-denies-report-of-potential-sale-to-alpha-news/601854698?utm_source=gift

#Minnesota #journalism #newspapers

Ostrich reading a newspaper with the zookeeper, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1951

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2126479/ostrich-reading-a-newspaper-with-the-zookeeper-amsterdam-the-netherlands-1951

The death spiral continues for local, regional, & national journalism. Subscribe already, before it’s too late.

Star Tribune cuts jobs, pursues nonprofit ownership structure

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-star-tribune-cuts-jobs-and-pursues-nonprofit-ownership-structure/601852356?utm_source=gift

#news #newspaper #newspapers #journalism #media #RegionalNews #LocalNews #StarTribune #MNastodon #Minnesota #SupportLocalNews

This is probably the news story most important for humanity right now, but, as usual, it's been buried under a mountain of the salacious rubbish stories (about sex, politics, violence, food, etc) which sell newspapers.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/05/trump-plan-ocean-monitoring-system-concern-scientists

#environment #ocean #science #research #globalwarming #climatechange #trump #politics #business #sales #newspapers

2nd Australian Conference on Bisexuality, Sydney, Australia, 1997

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2116919/2nd-australian-conference-on-bisexuality-sydney-australia-1997