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From Pamphlet To Powerhouse
From Benjamin Franklin’s screeds in The Pennsylvania Gazette to Woodward and Bernstein’s sleuthing for The Washington Post, the press has long been a vital part of the American experiment. A true democracy’s citizens need basic information about their communities, an engine of oversight for elected officials and a forum to exchange ideas. Given the decline of daily newspapers, it is important to ask who, or what, will fill these roles in the future. In Philadelphia, The Notebook is one entity filling this growing void. And it’s a newspaper.
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