Pressing on

By Lisa Provence Long before the pandemic further slashed advertising revenue, newspapers were in distress. Ad dollars are being sucked up by huge corporations like Google, which made $4.7 billion in digital advertising on news sites in 2018, almost as much as the $5.1 billion every single U.S. news outlet combined made that year. Add […]

Going it alone: Charlottesville Tomorrow dumps Progress, broadens mission

When Charlottesville Tomorrow began in 2005, it was one of the first nonprofit, local news orgs in the country. Its mission was so narrow—land use, community design, transportation—that another local weekly called it a “growth watchdog.” The online publication broadened its name recognition and reach when it began sharing content with the Daily Progress in […]