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Last modified on Mon 3 May 2021 06.11 EDT Local journalism has shed jobs faster than the coal industry, leaving swathes of North America as news deserts with little or no regular coverage. But the grim prospects for an industry in decline didn’t deter the Canadian tech entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson, who in 2019 hired a reporter and launched a daily newsletter in his hometown, Victoria. Emailed to subscribers early each morning, Capital Daily gave residents news highlights from around the city. Wilkinson bought advertising on Facebook and Google and subscribers started pouring in. A year ...

‘Local media can survive’: the Canadian team building a future for community news Leyland Cecco in Toronto © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP Local journalism has shed jobs faster than the coal industry, leaving swathes of North America as news deserts with little or no regular coverage. But the grim prospects for an industry in decline didn’t deter the Canadian tech entrepreneur Andrew Wilkinson, who in 2019 hired a reporter and launched a daily newsletter in his hometown, Victoria. Emailed to subscribers early each morning, Capital Daily gave resi...