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The Dakota Scout: A journalism journey

Millions of clicks, thousands of subscribers, 50 papers and one year later

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Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve
Aug 26, 2023
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There’s a number on the front page of this week’s print edition of The Dakota Scout: No. 50.

That number means a lot to us at The Dakota Scout. It marks the one-year anniversary of our founding. It marks a year of hard work, perseverance and gamble – a foray into the American dream.

Above all, it’s evidence that journalism is alive and well in South Dakot…

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