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.
“I would love to be in 25 cities and I wish we could’ve lived up to that. The financial reality and the operational reality of it was not quite ready for that.”
“In a well-functioning system, citizens need to be actively engaged in their government and aware of decisions made by their elected representatives. Newspapers are a means of citizen engagement, and this study provides evidence of the importance of this link.”
Our analysis of the links 10 cities saw in Facebook’s local news section found funeral home obituaries, years-old stories, and yes, some meaningful local journalism. But not a lot.
Schmidt, Christine. "Google is putting dollars straight into building local news outlets in a new experiment with McClatchy." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 26 Mar. 2019. Web. 17 Jul. 2019.
APA
Schmidt, C. (2019, Mar. 26). Google is putting dollars straight into building local news outlets in a new experiment with McClatchy. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved July 17, 2019, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/google-is-putting-dollars-straight-into-building-local-news-outlets-in-a-new-experiment-with-mcclatchy/
Chicago
Schmidt, Christine. "Google is putting dollars straight into building local news outlets in a new experiment with McClatchy." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified March 26, 2019. Accessed July 17, 2019. https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/03/google-is-putting-dollars-straight-into-building-local-news-outlets-in-a-new-experiment-with-mcclatchy/.
Wikipedia
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