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October 16, 2017

An online alt weekly approach to local news in a red state community

Tasneem Raja is a writer and radio producer with lots of national news experience at outlets many would consider firmly in the “big city and coastal elite media bubble.” So why did she launch a local independent online news site in the red state community of Tyler, Texas, and what is she learning? She’ll be spekaing at the 2017 LION Summit Oct. 26-28 in Chicago, the country’s largest gathering of local independent online news publishers. We asked her for a preview:

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