New Missoula nonprofit The Pulp aims to revive local reporting with free digital edition and periodic print runs

Erica Frederickson, co-publisher of The Pulp, said the Missoula-based nonprofit news outlet launched in September 2023 to help fill coverage gaps left after the Missoula Independent closed in 2018. "We started because... we got a grant, launched it, and launched it as a nonprofit," Frederickson said, describing a model that mixes foundation grants, individual monthly donors and local business sponsorships.

Frederickson told MCAT host Joel Baird that she and co-founder Matt Frank, both former Independent staffers, spent years planning the outlet before a grant made launch possible. The Pulp is digital-first, Frederickson said, aiming for roughly three stories a week though the outlet currently publishes less while it remains small: "There's just two of us running it still,"…