Shrinking the tent of public interest journalism

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Shrinking the tent of public interest journalism

Vienna is a very beige city: comfortable, slightly quirky, mostly predictable. I’m also a sucker for a good frittatensuppe. I’m there often enough that I’ve developed my preferred routes and routines, and we’re building some promising partnerships in the city. So I was especially disappointed to miss the IPI World Congress this year.

I had even more FOMO when people started texting me various links to a conversation Natalia Antelava, co-founder of Coda Story had with Richard Gingras, Google’s recently retired Vice President for News who was (is?) one of the most infl…