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Is Worker-Owned Media the Future of Journalism?

Season 1 Episode 113 | 26m 46s

The business of media is in danger — but it sure isn’t dead. There have been layoffs across the industry and many newsrooms have cut back on the resources available to journalists. But workers have also organized unions, including high-profile campaigns at Condé Nast and The New Yorker, and started worker-owned media like Hell Gate and Defector.

Aired: 04/04/24 | Expires: 04/04/25
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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