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Local news has long provided a vital civic bond. Can we afford to let it disappear?

The infrastructure of local news is crumbling and, in some places, nonexistent, with dire effects on democracy and civic life, experts say. HKS scholars and alumni are working to rebuild it.

A growing number of people in academia, politics, and the news industry say an urgent response is needed, with new ideas about what local news organizations should look like and how they can be supported financially and in other important ways. That contingent includes HKS faculty members, staffers, and alumni who are working to tackle a problem that has no easy answers.

Read more at HKS Magazine.

Cynthia HirschhornSeptember 6, 2023civic engagement, media, communication, democracy, education, politics
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