The road to making small-town news more inclusive

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 28/04/2020 Letrell Deshan Crittenden and Andrea Wenzel – TOW CENTER Huddled around a small, makeshift table in the local library, a group of African American women lamented problems affecting their community. Various...

Axios returns PPP loan

AXIOS – 29/04/2020 Jim VandeHei Axios, which qualified for a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan to avoid layoffs, will return the money, after nearing a deal for an alternative source of capital.Why it matters: In the four weeks since Axios applied for the...

The topography of local news: A new map

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW – 29/04/2020 Sarah Stonbely and Jesse Holcomb – TOW CENTER Local journalism has become more important than ever. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, researchers were seeking new ways of seeing the local news landscape amid...