Community
The executive order sets a goal of spending 50% of agency advertising budgets with eligible Maryland news outlets, aiming to steer more public dollars to ...
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Half of the projects are landing in communities with too few reporters to scrutinize their costs and benefits
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The Community NEWS Act (AB 2222), sponsored by Rebuild Local News, creates refundable tax credits to help California news outlets retain and hire local journalists
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AI companies could make one-time contributions to permanent endowments, giving communities watchdog reporting without giving the companies control
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Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk
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Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack report that 70% of counties are severely undercovered – employing below-average numbers of local journalist equivalents – and large ...
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Researchers link expanding news deserts to higher borrowing costs for local governments, based on analysis of bond‑market data
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Building on a landmark municipal bond market study, new analysis puts a price tag on the costs of news deserts to local governments
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