Lookout Santa Cruz

Lookout Santa Cruz
Type	Digital newspaper
Founder(s)	Ken Doctor
Managing editor	Tamsin McMahon
Opinion editor	Jody K. Biehl
Founded	20 November 2020; 3 years ago
Language	English
City	Santa Cruz, California
Website	lookout.co

Lookout Santa Cruz is a digital newspaper launched in November 2020 based in Santa Cruz, California. It was created by Ken Doctor, a media analyst who had studied the decline of local newspapers in the United States.^[1] Its parent company is Lookout Local. Lookout Santa Cruz receives philanthropic support, advertising revenue, and online subscription revenue.^[1] Lookout won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2024 for its coverage of the 2022–2023 California floods.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Rainey, James (February 5, 2023). "Santa Cruz 'news desert'? An industry guru's digital startup challenges local rivals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
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[:0-1] Rainey, James (February 5, 2023). "Santa Cruz 'news desert'? An industry guru's digital startup challenges local rivals". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 6, 2024.

[:1-2] Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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