But for us, the more dramatic change involves responses to the broken business model of community newspapers. We will ask for reader support in the form of “premium” subscriptions, and urge local businesses to increase their local print promotion budgets. The demise and demotion of thousands of newspapers has created a wave of nonprofit funding programs hoping to help save community journalism. Before starting these difficult “asks,” we want to urge more widespread support for all the worthy causes in our community. News-Register Publisher Jeb Bladine can be reached at jbladine@newsregister.com or 503-687-1223.