“In this vision, the community librarian facilitating conversations around authoritative, trusted digital news is as celebrated as the dogged reporter pursuing a scoop.”
“I really believe in the power of people to organize and advocate from the bottom up to create some solutions to this. I don’t think these solutions are going to come out of commercial media.”
The dollar amount isn’t huge, and it will barely put a dent in the crisis of local news. But it’s also an official statement that communities’ information voids are a problem worthy of government attention.
Lichterman, Joseph. "A program in New Jersey is trying to get people to care about local news through community organizing." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Jul. 2015. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Lichterman, J. (2015, Jul. 6). A program in New Jersey is trying to get people to care about local news through community organizing. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/a-program-in-new-jersey-is-trying-to-get-people-to-care-about-local-news-through-community-organizing/
Chicago
Lichterman, Joseph. "A program in New Jersey is trying to get people to care about local news through community organizing." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 6, 2015. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/07/a-program-in-new-jersey-is-trying-to-get-people-to-care-about-local-news-through-community-organizing/.
Wikipedia
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