Truthdig Publisher Zuade Kaufman speaks extensively about the origins of Truthdig in the new issue of Live Encounters magazine. It’s a personal recollection of how she started working with Robert Scheer, why the site is meant to be different and how advertising affects the online news business.

Read it here.

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