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Berkeleyside: The Nimble Hyperlocal News Site is Winning Awards and Attracting Eyeballs

Protesters gathered near the gates of Sproul Plaza on the Cal campus, carrying signs and chanting a phrase reverberating around the country: “Black lives matter.” The crowd swelled as it headed away from campus to downtown, where, by 6:30, demonstrators lay down and blocked the street. Read more about Berkeleyside: The Nimble Hyperlocal News Site is Winning Awards and Attracting Eyeballs »

From the Winter 2015 Breaking News issue of California.

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