Public policy to support local news = the best ROI in news philanthropy. Rebuild Local News, a five-person 502c3 with a budget of just over $1 million has helped generate $90 million for #localnews in NY state with more to come in CT.

Public policy to support local news = the best ROI in news philanthropy. Rebuild Local News, a five-person 502c3 with a budget of just over $1 million has helped generate $90 million for #localnews in NY state with more to come in CT.

Thank you! But most credit goes to the local publishers and labor unions in New York (and the bipartisan elected officials)

Landmark legislation provides $90 million in
tax credits for NYS local news. The policy work for this milestone comes from Rebuild Local News, a small but mighty non-profit with a full-time staff of 5! #PressForward axios.com/2024/04/21/ny-…

We discuss CalMatters in our 2021 book, Home Style Opinion, about the effects of localizing the Opinion page: the Desert Sun News Feed experiment, which slowed polarization, wouldn't have been possible without CalMatters' freely available content.

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Exciting development in Illinois. The State Senate yesterday passed a bill requiring that there be a 120 day waiting period before a newspaper can be sold to an out of state company (to give time to communities to organize to keep it local) senatorstadelman.com/news/15-press-…

A brilliant combination of the best investigative news team covering big tech & the leading public service journalism org in CA. This merger is smart, timely & powerful.

A brilliant combination of the best investigative news team covering big tech & the leading public service journalism org in CA. This merger is smart, timely & powerful.

This is awesome

I feel like a preacher delivering the same sermon over and over--but it will be these kinds of thoughtful and logical mergers that will help strengthen the future of journalism. Cheers to this deep bench of collaborators!

Some BIG news from The Markup and CalMatters.

California will be an incredible testbed to ground The Markup's work, plus, the combo of investigative + public service means our journalism will build real, long-standing relationships with communities.

A brilliant combination of the best investigative news team covering big tech & the leading public service journalism org in CA. This merger is smart, timely & powerful David Boardman Sisi Wei Neil Chase CalMatters The Markup Nabiha Syed axios.com/2024/04/18/cal… From Sara Fischer

A brilliant combination of the best investigative news team covering big tech & the leading public service journalism org in CA. This merger is smart, timely & powerful David Boardman Sisi Wei Neil Chase CalMatters The Markup Nabiha Syed axios.com/2024/04/18/cal… From Sara Fischer

At the The Reynolds School’s 59th Scripps Dinner and Lecture, Rebuild Local News President and keynote speaker Steven Waldman discussed the state of local news across the country and offered solutions to help save the industry.

Learn more: unr.edu/nevada-today/n…

An incisive article from
the authoritative Stanford University University Social Innovation Report Stanford Social Innovation Review on the decline of local news & the equally evident public policy solutions available to us to help rebuild it. Rebuild Local News The Lenfest Institute for Journalism Press Forward

“Good journalism; spare audiences.” Thanks Poynter Rick Edmonds for this tough-minded look at audience struggles in nonprofit news. And thanks for ending on a positive note from The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

We're really excited to launch our first statewide cohort of the LMA lab for journalism funding w/ PA NewsMedia Assoc. Appreciate the partnership w/ John Derr & Jim Friedlich Thanks Knight Foundation & PNA Foundation for the funding & Frank Mungeam for your leadership localmedia.org/2024/04/local-…

The project was created to cover the 2023 city elections and became the largest collaborative journalism & community engagement effort in Philly. The next iteration will continue to inspire citizen participation in local government beyond election season. lenfestinstitute.org/institute-news…

.Every Voice, Every Vote is today announcing the launch of a new two-year, $2.875 million grant program to support in-depth local journalism and catalyze civic action around the issues that matter most to Philadelphians. Applications are open through April 19. lenfestinstitute.org/institute-news…

Got Democracy? Especially proud of this broad, diverse coalition of 25 local news organizations and 50 civic groups in #Philadelphia , the birthplace of American #freespeech & #democracy . Thanks Knight Foundation William Penn Foundation Comcast The Lenfest Institute for Journalism