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Can public media build its own social network? Chicago Public Media teams up with New_ Public to try: chicago.com (www.niemanlab.org)
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[–] eicker@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

This is what local media should have been building years ago: not another news site begging Google and Meta for traffic, but a digital town square it actually controls. Reverse chronological feeds, human stewards, no follower contest, no engagement addiction. If chicago.com works, the interesting question is why every public broadcaster isn’t trying this?