With local newspapers cutting staff, and other closing, local news is in peril. We talk to communications professional Kevin Hendricks who started his own online local news outlet for a suburb of the Twin Cities.
Why Has Local News Collapsed? Blame Readers.
Colorado Sun (local paper started by former Denver Post reporters)
MinnPost (local news based in Minneapolis)
Flint Beat (local news started in 2017 in my hometown of Flint, Michigan)
How Jiquanda Johnson is building Flint Beat from the ground up
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