Journalists Pay Themselves

Journalists Pay Themselves

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Journalists Pay Themselves covers the play by play of reader-funded news featuring indie journalists who are doing it well.

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Co-founder + Membership Director at The 51st

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Dennis Dean

Director, Long Beach Watchdog