KNIGHT FOUNDATION – 07/01/2020
MARK GLASER
As the local news marketplace transforms, these new ways of doing business could take hold next year and beyond.
Predictions are a tricky business, but there is one sure thing for 2020: local news publishers cannot depend on the old ways of doing business. The time for chain newspapers wielding a monopoly in communities is ending, and more independent and nonprofit news organizations are taking root around the country and making sure that watchdog journalism continues to thrive.