Pilhofer: No, Craig Newmark Did Not Kill Local News.

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2018 7:50 am

Aron Pilhofer | Medium

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 donation to CUNY’s journalism school. But after reading all this journalist-driven outrage on the subject, enough’s enough.

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Pilhofer: No, Craig Newmark Did Not Kill Local News.

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