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How Libraries Are Becoming ‘Sustainable’
An ambitious goal of "making choices that are good for the environment, make sense economically, and treat everyone equitably."
Sustainability: Suddenly the action is local.
Ten years ago, we were searching for examples of local-level sustainability efforts. Now they are everywhere.
The Enduring Power of Place
Americans like to know where they are from—and like to think about where they might go. These contradictory realities are part of America's past, and of its future…
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A Student Newspaper Takes on Community Responsibilities
The Ball State Daily News has filled a local journalism gap.
The Rise of the Kingsbury Journal, and the Future of Local Journalism
A local paper with a longer history than its home state suddenly shut its doors, for good, during the pandemic. How an entire community willed a new publication into existence–and avoided…
The New Approach to Local Journalism
Here’s another installment in the ongoing series on how local news operations, especially newspapers, can devise new ways to stay in business. For previous entries—from Mississippi,…
‘Local, Local, Local’: How a Small Newspaper Survives
This is another road report on the state of local journalism, which is more and more important, and more and more imperiled.
It is important because so much of the future of American…
Report for America Revives Possibilities for Local Journalism
A promising movement, in discouraging times.