Nieman Lab·2026-04-02
The Provincetown Independent’s reporters couldn’t find housing. So the Local Journalism Project bought a condo for them to rent.
Paying the rent on a reporter s salary isn t easy anywhere these days . But on the Outer Cape, it s almost impossible. Massachusetts has some of the highest housing costs in the country . The problem is exacerbated on Cape Cod s Outer Cape, a region that includes Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, and Eastham. In a community where the same one-bedroom apartment can be rented out for $2,500 per month
如今，记者薪资在任何地方都难以支付房租。但在外开普地区，这几乎是不可能完成的任务。马萨诸塞州拥有全国最高的住房成本之一。这个问题在科德角外开普地区尤为突出，该地区包括普罗文斯敦、特鲁罗、韦尔弗利特和伊斯特汉姆。在一个一居室公寓月租金可达2500美元的社区里。