Headline : Local news is in crisis. This paper has a $150 million plan

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Publisher and president Andrew Morse says the Atlanta Journal Constitution can surmount tough industry headwinds by capturing readers throughout Georgia and the South. "Instead of reading story after story about the futility of this," Morse asks, "why don't we grasp onto notions of, 'How do we build for the future?'" Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption

Dashed hopes and slashed jobs define the local news industry in far too many corners of the country.

In Atlanta, Andrew Morse, the president and publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, has splashy plans to revive the ailing newspaper. And he's been given a $150 million runway over the next several years to figure it out.

"I did not come here to manage decline," says Morse, a former CNN executive who joined the newspaper in January 2023. "We understand that the ad marketplace has been hollowed out by Google and Facebook. We know that news deserts have emerged throughout much of the country.

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