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JA Westenberg Jul 13, 2023

The "algorithm" era diluted journalism's essence. The AI era will decimate publishers who sacrifice their masthead reputation in exchange for cheap content.

Now, it's the indie publishers' turn to rise. There's an audience yearning for thought-provoking, original content. #IndiePublishing #FreelanceJournalism

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@Daojoan I think a lot of that kind of content will come (already is coming) from #nonprofit #newsrooms and organizations, such as the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, The Trace, the Marshall Project and others. One encouraging sign this week was the purchase of the Portland Press Herald, Maine's largest paper, but the Nonprofit Trust for Local News. And if there's a part of the #news biosphere that is most vital to everyday life, it's #LocalNews.