Can alt-weeklies write a future for themselves in a digital era?
Feb 06, 2018
3 minutes
In a news landscape filled with layoffs and closings, the alt-weekly may be perhaps the most precarious form of journalism.
Lisa Snowden-McCray has started one anyway.
And, bucking conventional wisdom about digital platforms, it’s in print. But then, bucking convention has always been part of the alt-weekly ethos.
The veteran journalist launched the Baltimore Beat after her old newsroom, the Baltimore City Paper, shuttered operations in November after 40 years.
While the business model for alt-weeklies – the scrappy, unapologetic siblings to more staid print
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