Community Funded Reporting


	Community Funded Reporting

localreach

2-17-2009 4:27 PM

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community, reporting, journalism, center for media change

localreach says:

I'm pleased. Can't wait to see this take off in other cities... I'll get it going for Houston!

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2-17-2009 4:58 PM

ellington

well I'm pleased he took a professional voice on this subject ,extremely important, how you portray and come over on something like this, and he did it faultlessly . well done. every success with this.

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