"After spending the first three decades of my career at one of Buffett’s papers, the Buffalo News, I’m not willing to accept that. Even now, my former newsroom — down by about half from its peak — is doing critically important work, not just crucial watchdog journalism (insider trading by a congressman) but cultural coverage (memories of a concert venue) that knits the community together. Amid this nightmare financial scenario, what can be done? [Philip] Napoli, for one, thinks that American citizens and our big thinkers need to buckle down — fast — about substantial policy changes that could involve both direct and indirect public funding for local journalism. It "would take us in a more European direction," he said. That notion, once radioactive in journalism because it seems to threaten the independence of news organizations, must now be taken seriously."
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Philip Napoli (James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University) was co-author of the study on local newspapers Margaret Sullivan mentions in her article.
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Margaret Sullivan (journalist)
Margaret M. Sullivan is an American journalist. She is a former of ', serving as the "readers' representative" and reporting directly to She was the newspaper's fifth Public Editor, or ombudsman, after , , , and Arthur S. Brisbane, and was the first woman to hold the post. She began her tenure on September 1, 2012. She then became the media columnist for ' for six years, with her column running from May 22, 2016 to August 21, 2022. Since January 2023, she has written a weekly media and politics
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