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Local Journalism is in Crisis: A Study From the Brookings Institution

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 16, 2019 0

by Clara Hendrickson Thousands of local newspapers have closed in recent years. Their disappearance has left millions of Americans without a vital source of local news and deprived communities of an institution essential for exposing…

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Online News Site DexterUpdate.com “Closing its door.”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 8, 2014 0

FORMER ANNARBOR.COM reporter Lisa Allmendinger announced on June 2 that she was shuttering her online news site DexterUpdate.com. Modeled on Allmendinger’s popular ChelseaUpdate.com news site, DexterUpdate.com wasn’t able to get the…

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EDITORIAL: Neighborhoods Versus Downtown

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jan 11, 2014 0

OVER THE PAST decade, the city’s Mayor and Council members whom he has endorsed, and with whom he has allied himself, have neglected to tend to the basic infrastructure needs of Ann Arbor’s various neighborhoods. Roads and sidewalks have…