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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,712 posts) Sun Jan 23, 2022, 10:06 PM Jan 2022

Perspective: If local journalism manages to survive, give Evan Smith some credit for it

Perspective: The Texas Tribune founder has been a “true pioneer” in finding ways to cover local communities as a non-profit.

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Perspective | If local journalism manages to survive, give Evan Smith some credit for it
The Texas Tribune founder has been a “true pioneer” in finding ways to cover local communities as a non-profit.

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Story reported on CBC radio: Pakistanian immigrant saves cbabe Jan 2022 #1

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1. Story reported on CBC radio: Pakistanian immigrant saves

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Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:26 AM

Jan 2022

small town paper.

He said, ‘Canada saved me. Now I’m saving the paper.’

136 year old Tilbury Times in the town of Tilbury, Ontario, pop. 4800 closed.

Abbas was a Pakistani refugee to Canada in the 2000s.

Saved the paper saying, ‘I know the importance of local media… it’s our social responsibility.’

To quote ‘Hamilton’: immigrants get things done.

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