I've got a commentary up at The Boston Globe on how #LocalNews is thriving in places where communities have taken back their newspapers from the corporate chains. How can we encourage more of that? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/10/opinion/local-news-startups-are-overcoming-evils-corporate-chain-ownership/
Local news startups are overcoming the evils of corporate chain ownership

At a time of intense polarization at the national level, local news can be a way to bring us together.

The Boston Globe
@dankennedy_nu Too bad THAT is hard-paywalled
@dankennedy_nu In my wee town of Sebastopol, CA (population ~7500), Dale Dougherty, formerly of Make magazine and Maker Faire, is reviving The Sebastopol Times. Online, of course, but it's pretty great.