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Letter from a shrinking city desk

Local reporting is not dying evenly. A dispatch from three newsrooms that adapted.

Marisol Ade 26 Jan 2026 9 min read
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Where the argument breaks down

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Where the argument breaks down

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Marisol Ade

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Interviews editor. Previously eleven years on a national culture desk.

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