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April Lindgren
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April Lindgren
Assosciate Researcher
April Lindgren is a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University’s (formerly Ryerson University) School of Journalism and principal investigator for the Local News Research Project (external link) . Her research investigates local news poverty and the role of local journalism as critical community infrastructure. She spearheaded creation of the crowd-sourced Local News Map (external link) , which tracks changes to local news ecosystems.
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The Explanatory Journalism Project is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.