I know plenty of Patreon or Substack supported individual journalists that sit in council meetings and report what’s going on. Honestly with much better signal to noise that the local paper.

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shermantanktop 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Local journalism, at its best, is part of a feedback loop. Council makes decision -> local reporter writes about it -> public reacts -> council changes its mind.

Can a Patreon or Substack journalist play that role?

	▲	Doctor_Fegg 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Absolutely yes. It’s happening every week of the year with the better Substack-style startups in the UK (London Centric, Manchester Mill etc.).
	▲	softwaredoug an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		When coupled with “posts it on local subreddit”. Yes.