The news industry was quick to hire for diversity-focused roles after George Floyd’s murder in 2020 — but sustaining that change has proven slow and challenging.
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Instead of letting public access channels wither due to commercial market fluctuations, we should publicly fund and expand the precious communication infrastructure that access media offers.
Yang’s core idea — that local journalism, increasingly unable to pay for itself, should be subsidized by the federal government — would broaden the range of policy proposals up for mainstream political debate.
“This was once something that a whole generation of journalists got to do to start their careers. Sadly, we’ve seen it disappear. We want to restore that tradition.”
Wang, Shan. "Avid consumers of local news are often also more engaged members of their local communities." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 3 Nov. 2016. Web. 2 Jul. 2022.
APA
Wang, S. (2016, Nov. 3). Avid consumers of local news are often also more engaged members of their local communities. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 2, 2022, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/avid-consumers-of-local-news-are-often-also-more-engaged-members-of-their-local-communities/
Chicago
Wang, Shan. "Avid consumers of local news are often also more engaged members of their local communities." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified November 3, 2016. Accessed July 2, 2022. https://www.niemanlab.org/2016/11/avid-consumers-of-local-news-are-often-also-more-engaged-members-of-their-local-communities/.
Wikipedia
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