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Sarah ScireJune 27, 2023

If the U.S. wants to boost journalism, it should learn from Canada’s mistakes

“There are other big questions hanging over the program, like whether it has actually helped stave off the collapse of newsrooms.”

Hanaa' TameezMarch 8, 2022

American journalism’s “racial reckoning” still has lots of reckoning to do

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.

Antoine Haywood and Victor PickardNovember 10, 2021

Public access television channels are an untapped resource for building local journalism

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.

Josh WoodApril 24, 2019

Andrew Yang, the most meme-able 2020 candidate, also wants to save journalism

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.

Need a local reporter in [state] with [expertise]? This directory wants to blow away parachute journalism

Tara GeorgeOctober 31, 2018

How the BBC built one of the world’s largest collaborative journalism efforts focused entirely on local news

News publishers of all sizes are partnering to “save democracy” at the local level; more than 35,000 stories have been published.

Canada’s new budget gives $50 million to local journalism in underserved communities — but publishers want more

Laura Hazard OwenSeptember 19, 2017

Report for America wants to place (and help pay for) young reporters in local newsrooms that need them

“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.”

Christine SchmidtJuly 25, 2017

The Athletic, that local sports startup with no advertising, raises $5.4 million and scoops up Sports Illustrated’s former top editor

“The Athletic’s subscriber model allows us to focus entirely on high-quality written content. NO ads, NO auto-play videos, NO clickbait.”

Shan WangNovember 18, 2016

This Vermont-focused nonprofit news site is looking to podcasting to add new revenue streams

The seven-year-old VTDigger, with a stable readership of Vermonters, eyes the booming audio space as an opportunity to expand underwriter support.

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