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Local Media Association Brings Accelerator Program to Publishers of Color

Associations Now

Last week, it announced the first standalone project in its Accelerate Local initiative: a “digital transformation lab” for African-American newspapers. Five big-city papers— The Atlanta Voice , The Dallas Weekly , New York Amsterdam News , Houston Defender , and The Washington Informer —are pilot papers in the initiative.

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So What’s Taking High-Speed Rail So Long?

Associations Now

Backers have long touted high-speed rail’s promise as a way to accelerate intercity travel, but getting projects on the rails has gone a whole lot slower than a speeding bullet train. Nonetheless, a few high-speed rail projects (beyond the original, the Northeast Corridor’s Acela trains) are moving forward.