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Metro dailies take on startups in San Diego

You may have the only newspaper in the county, but don’t just assume that you can never end up with competition because of the cost involved in starting another newspaper. For a look — and admittedly, a scary look — at what may be the future of the news business, see the article above. Two years ago, nobody would have dreamed that the scenario in this article could have played out in San Diego. But it is, and in other cities, too. And in the not-too-distant future, we’ll see more media start-ups like this in Texas.

By Kathryn Jones Malone

Kathryn Jones Malone is co-director of the Texas Center for Community Journalism. She began her career as a staff writer at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, then worked as a staff writer for the Dallas Times Herald and The Dallas Morning News; as a contract writer for The New York Times; as a writer-at-large for Texas Monthly magazine; as editor of the Glen Rose Reporter; and as a freelance writer for numerous state, regional and national magazines. She teaches journalism at Tarleton State University.