Report for America: A Community Service-Based Model for Saving Local Journalism

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by: Steven Waldman | CJR

It’s hard to know which of these factoids is more depressing:

  • Only 28 percent of Americans believe journalists contribute “a lot” to society’s well-being, compared to 73 percent for teachers and 65 percent for scientists, according to a Pew report.
  • A jobs website declared newspaper reporter to be the worst job in America, edging out corrections officer and lumberjack.

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