Local Journalists

Half of the projects are landing in communities with too few reporters to scrutinize their costs and benefits

AI companies could make one-time contributions to permanent endowments, giving communities watchdog reporting without giving the companies control

More than 12,000 local journalists in California have lost their jobs since 2002 as traditional newsroom business models have unraveled

Historic effort provides support to local news outlets for hiring or retaining local journalists, AB 2222 now heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk

Historically broad coalition comes together to support AB 2222, which would create refundable employment credits to support newsroom employment and local reporting across California

Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack report that 70% of counties are severely undercovered – employing below-average numbers of local journalist equivalents – and large ...