Some of the recent correspondence and feedback we've received regarding our Letter from the Editor "Our Local News Is Leaving Facebook, Instagram and Meta" includes outreach from Paul Jeffko of Small Town Papers . 

Paul shared his manifesto and proposal "Mighty Words," which is an interesting take on the current state of AI theft from journalism and proposals for how publishers can position themselves better.

Paul identifies one of the biggest challenges to journalism right now: The trade associations and non-profit journalism "institutions" are passive in the the theft from publishers. In my experience, these organizations and the individuals running them profit from promoting AI and disregard the damage to their supposed beneficiaries.

It's an interesting read, and available online at   thans.me/revelation  

Paul also noted that his local news enterprise will be exiting Meta, too, like the McKinley Park News.