Article (and sidebar) profiling editor/publisher David Mitchell and the struggles of the Point Reyes Light, a community newspaper, to stay afloat. The lesson is in the story, and (as always) one can read 'student' for 'reader': "The assumption that if you align yourself with your readers – somehow or another you're dumbing down – means that you think your readers are dumb. That's the inescapable result of that logic. And it's wrong! Our readers aren't dumb. Our readers are great."
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