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Local News in America Is Dying. Charity Might Save It
Some 200 nonprofit websites are hustling to keep state and city governments honest. Many are succeeding.
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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The City, a website covering local news in America’s biggest metropolis, debuted this month with a bank account some of its nonprofit peers could only dream of.
Backed by almost $10 million from philanthropies and individuals, the New York-based news organization has more than double the cash that nonprofit-pioneer the Texas Tribune had when it started 10 years ago.