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Nonprofit news media leaders are struggling to stop leaning on the foundations that say they should branch out more

  • Written by Katherine Fink, Associate Professor of Media, Communications, and Visual Arts, Pace University
imageIf the basket falls, at least there are some other eggs on hand that might not break.Iryna Veklich/Moment via Getty Images

You’ve probably heard the adage about not putting all your eggs in one basket.

It’s an especially meaningful one for newspapers. For decades, they relied heavily on advertising revenue. That arrangement stopped...

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