Odd that this article mentions non-profit journalism as if it's recently been invented. I've been cycling between local NPR stations -- KQED for my current home

Odd that this article mentions non-profit journalism as if it's recently been invented. I've been cycling between local NPR stations -- KQED for my current home, KUT, WFIU, WNIN for my past -- for years. Even my parents, devout conservatives suspicious of public access as the haven of kooks and liberals (My dad would say: "isn't that redundant"?) have found themselves dialing in to get some information not shouted.