Lessons from the Birmingham Eccentric
Columbia Journalism Review, August 20, 2009
By Diana Dellamere
The Birmingham Eccentric, a 131-year-old newspaper based in suburban Detroit, was living up to its name. Owned by Gannett since 2005, the paper was slated for shutdown last spring. But local residents, shocked at the idea of losing a touchstone of their community, began an ongoing effort to save the paper. So far, they have succeeded.
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