Community News & Small Business Support Act
Conservative Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney partners with Washington Democrat Rep. Suzan DelBene to introduce a new federal bill to strengthen local news and small businesses.
A Policy Toolkit: Encouraging Small Businesses to Advertise in Local News
A model bill and the best practices for a tax credit or grant program to help local businesses support community news.
What is the Rebuild Local News Coalition?
Rebuild Local News is a nonpartisan , nonprofit coalition whose member organizations 3,000+ newsrooms, including family-owned newspapers, nonprofit websites, weeklies, ethnic publications, hyperlocal sites, and rural papers – as well as civic organizations and other groups pushing to save local journalism.
How the government can help
Our policy menu offers nonpartisan initiatives that the government can pursue to help local news including government advertising set-asides, state journalism fellowship programs, and tax credits for small businesses to advertise with local news outlets, as well as for retaining and hiring local reporters.
How you can help
Are you concerned about the ongoing collapse of local news? If you, your publication, or your organization are interested in strengthening democracy and revitalizing community journalism, then consider becoming a member of the Rebuild Local News Coalition.
Who we represent
Our coalition includes news media organizations, press associations, publishers, labor unions, foundations, civic groups and more.