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🏀 🏈 🏒 MassLive, a local outlet, is making waves by expanding its high school sports coverage, a move that’s already increasing readership and subscriptions.

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Niya Doyle, a producer for a digital consulting firm and freelances on the side to build up her portfolio. Doyle, who comes from a working-class background, says she lacks the support system many journalists need to stay in the industry.

Lydia Larsen, a freelancer who works a 5 a.m. shift at a bakery to make ends meet. Despite two journalism fellowships, she hasn’t secured a full-time job.

"I just would really like to be in a world where ... I can make enough money to buy strawberries and not feel guilty about it," she said.

To give a voice to India’s marginalized Dalit community, Meena Kotwal launched The Mooknayak in 2021.

Now, after 4 years of threats and abuse, she is afraid for her daughter and the future of her news platform.

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David Smith built Sinclair Broadcast Group, a television empire on sensational, crime-saturated newscasts. Then he bought Maryland’s premier newspaper, The Baltimore Sun.

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Mexican women farmers harvest cempasúchil blooms each year, keeping cultural traditions alive despite inequity

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