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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    With newspapers crashing, is it up to citizen journalists to step up?

    The news media took another major hit this week. BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and Gannett (which owns newspapers big and small nationwide) all announced layoffs.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jan 25, 2019 • 1 min read

    The news media took another major hit this week. BuzzFeed, the Huffington Post, and Gannett (which owns newspapers big and small nationwide) all announced layoffs. This isn’t new to an industry that’s seen newspapers across the country shed jobs and close down.

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    The full episode

    2 of 4
    Roger Stone is indicted, government reopens temporarily
    1. 0:00What is Roger Stone being charged with, and what’s in the deal to reopen the government?
    2. 12:41With newspapers crashing, is it up to citizen journalists to step up?You’re reading this
    3. 21:07Isabella Rossellini’s Link Link Circus: an absurdist performance asking whether animals feel and think
    4. 36:21‘Polar’ film review: ‘Terrible is a generous word’
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