NPR gets $5.5 million grant to strengthen local journalism as news deserts spread from NPR Lola Murti

The grant, from Eric and Wendy Schmidt, will be used to launch regional newsrooms in Appalachia and the Mountain West. It will also be used to strengthen existing public media collaboratives in New England, the Midwest and California.

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