Not to discount the crisis in local news in the west due to predatory private equity vulture-owners, but the @nytimes does its readers an enormous disservice by failing to point to the emerging network of nonprofit news outfits serving the West:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/27/magazine/coronavirus-colorado-unemployment-jobs.html

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Start with @highcountrynews, celebrating its 50 anniversary covering the complexities of this amazing land and its people.

And then keep going with this great roster of journalism outfits with deep roots in the West:

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@AspenJournalism
@COindependent
@H20Radio
@rmpbs
@TheWaterDesk
@ArizCIR
@timesofpatagonia
@TucsonSentinel
@NMInDepth
@SearchlightNM
@WyoFile
@KPCWRadio
@sltrib
Utah Investigative Journalism Project
@KNPRnews
@TheNVIndy
@SierraNVAlly
@mtfreepress
@MoJoGYE

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@ThrshldPodcast
@idahoednews

Each of these shops are members of @inn.org, a network of nonprofit news outlets that's grown tenfold to 240+ members since it was founded in 2009.

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Big enough? Strong enough? Stable enough? No. But this is part of the story of journalism in the West that demands to be told.

So find a news shop you care about. Support it in whatever way you can. You'll do yourself, your community, and our democracy good.

5/5

One more thing - and I both need to say this: @MotherJones is proud to be a member of @INN.

And right now, we're dealing with all of the challenges and demands that doing journalism under conditions of pandemic, economic catastrophe, and political insanity are throwing our way.

You can read ore about what this means for us in @MonikaBauerlein's terrific essay here: https://www.motherjones.com/media/2020/05/news-is-just-like-waste-management/?keycode=7AHPR06

The core story: the amazing work that our reporters and editors are doing under impossible conditions.

While we - as Monika puts it - are "staring at the budget."

Now is the time to support journalism in whatever way you can. And if you like what you see @MotherJones, you can do that here:

https://secure.motherjones.com/flex/mj/key/7DONATE/src/7AHPR06/