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Aron Pilhofer

James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation at Klein College. Proud Guardian and New York Times alum. Co-founder of DocumentCloud, Hacks/Hackers and The Tiny News Collective.

Retreating back to print newspapers isn’t just a bad idea; it’s institutional suicide

Retreating back to print newspapers isn’t just a bad idea; it’s institutional suicide

Let me come out and say this right at the top: I’m an unabashed fan of legendary media columnist Jack Shafer. I started reading him religiously about a decade ago. Shafer, then at Slate, was one of the few of his ilk willing to call bullshit on that most

No, Craig Newmark did not kill local news.

No, Craig Newmark did not kill local news.

If we want to save local journalism, we need to know what’s actually killing it. A bit of a rant. I wasn’t going to say anything about the absurd, unnecessary shots this New York Times story took at Craig Newmark in reporting his welcome and generous $20 million

The Gannett/GateHouse deal is even more depressing than I imagined

The Gannett/GateHouse deal is even more depressing than I imagined

Great for bankers, shareholders; lousy for consumers, journos God bless Ken Doctor for having the patience to dig through all this Wall Street posturing and monetary machismo to pull together such clear-eyed analyses of the Gannett/GateHouse merger (acquisition, really, as it turns out). Few people are better sourced than

The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news

The Athletic: Good for the Times, a potential disaster for local news

It turns out, The New York Times does really care about local news — just not in the way we thought. By purchasing The Athletic, which covers 270-plus sports teams in more than 47 local markets, The Times has placed itself in direct competition with every local news site for the

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