Grants

A new model for closing the capital gap so news outlets in Minnesota and other states can innovate, adapt, scale and thrive

The bill, SB5400, would support local reporting by creating journalist employment grants for local newsrooms, funded through taxes on search engines and social media companies

The legislation creates a California Civic Media Program to support local news, with discretionary grantmaking authority housed in the executive branch.

The bill targets Google and Meta to direct 90 percent of funds to newsrooms based on journalism jobs, with 10 percent funding a Civic Info ...

Local news organizations may be able to get significant revenue through the American Rescue Plan, which was signed into law in March 2021. The legislation ...