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Rebecca Cooke: “There weren't print journalism jobs.”

Featuring: Rebecca Cooke, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 3

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Congressional candidate Rebecca Cooke on the essential rural vote.

Published | Video Starts at 41:46

My sister was a reporter for a number, went to journalism and has kind of changed jobs. She now works for the teachers union in Minnesota. I come from a union family, and that's changed so much because There weren't print journalism jobs. You know, like, that's our hyper local ability to be able to tell the Stories of communities has changed because of the way in which people are able to get access to it. (41:46–41:49)

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