{"id":2456567,"date":"2020-03-31T16:56:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T22:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/from-the-aspen-times-publisher-want-to-help-local-journalism-heres-how\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T22:56:00","slug":"from-the-aspen-times-publisher-want-to-help-local-journalism-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/from-the-aspen-times-publisher-want-to-help-local-journalism-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Aspen Times publisher: Want to help local journalism? Here\u2019s how \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since 1881, The Aspen Times has been covering local news in Pitkin County and the Roaring Fork Valley.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been through times when advertising was coming in on the phone lines and faxes so furiously that sales executives hardly had time to leave their desks for fearing of missing an ad sale; and we went through 2008 where we saw our revenue drop by about 50 percent never to return to pre-2008 levels.<\/p>\n

In recent years, we\u2019ve been fortunate to have consistent years that mirrored the success of the businesses in our community. For at least the past year, we\u2019ve considered how we could ask our readers to support local journalism and we continue to seek sustainable business models.<\/p>\n

And then COVID-19 came in like a wrecking ball. For all of us.<\/p>\n

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