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Darryl Holliday

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An array of people of different races and age groups sit around tables checking their phones and chatting. The background is adorned in a light blue overlay with icons outlined in light orange, which include thought bubbles with lightbulbs and speech bubbles with a magazine.
The local news contract is broken. Civic media can fix it
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December 19, 2025

Darryl Holliday on how City Bureau's Documenters' program models the new social contract needed for local news and the civic media system emerging today.

A bustling scene of a city, with people moving up and down various rooms and buildings. One person carries a sign that says free speech; at the bottom of the page is a newsstand that reads "Democracy Dies in Darkness."
A letter from the Civic Media Magazine editors
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Civic Media Series
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November 4, 2025

Introducing the digital version of the Civic Media Magazine: The stories here show what’s possible when we reimagine local news not just as something to consume, but as a tool for community action.

Catalyzing civic media movement is our way out of the ‘local news crisis’
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Civic Media Series
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April 10, 2024

Let's treat the current state of the industry like the civic health crisis it is.

Three women of varying races sit at a table discussing. There is a light blue overlay with orange-outlined transparent icons like lightbulbs, a speech bubble with a microphone, a handshake and more.
It’s time for civic media
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November 17, 2023

Fifteen years into the cratering of the local commercial newspaper business, a burgeoning noncommercial media movement is developing.