State Support for News

Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism

Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism ... On Sept. 6 of last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California ...

Government support for local news

State-by-state approaches to supporting local news through tax credits, research support or budgetary legislation.

The Government and the News Media

It's true that the United States government has never supported newsgathering to the extent some countries have. Government support for American public ...

An Overview of State and Local Legislation to Support Local News

This article provides an overview of state legislation and local government policy designed to support local news organizations.

Why State and Local Governments Should Support Local News ...

The value of community news organizations is significant when the cohesion of our communities is often jeopardized by partisanship, ...

More states directly fund local news reporting - Nieman Lab

As manager of the Murrow News Fellowship program at Washington State University, I have witnessed this firsthand. Washington is the first state to receive ...

What State Legislatures Are Doing to Support Local Journalism

Following historic steps forward in California, New Jersey, New Mexico and Washington over the past few years, state legislatures are increasingly springing ...

The State of Local News 2023

The loss of thousands of newspaper journalists who once worked for the major dailies has resulted in a significant decline in investigative and ...

State Support for News: Why Subsidies? Why Now? What Kinds?

Contemporary arguments for subsidies for news media maintain that intervention is necessary to support journalism that holds power to account and to support ...

State of the News Media (Project) - Pew Research Center

State of the News Media (Project) ... Since 2004, Pew Research Center has issued an annual report on key audience and economic indicators for a variety of sectors ...

Considering Supporting Local News as a 'Public Good'? Here's the ...

Another great support system for local news comes from the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), helping them cover not just problems in a community, but evidence ...

Variety of state legislative supports for local news media act as a ...

Legislators in 13 states have introduced 36 bills designed specifically to provide support for local news media using appropriations for fellowships and grants ...

State-Supported Journalism

State-supported journalism refers to journalism that is directly supported by state governments. This includes both public funding for independent,

$48 Million in Support of Local News, Initial Seeding of Press ...

Free Press will receive $1 million to build and strengthen the capacity of local and state civic actors to inform the creation of policy ...

The state of local news and why it matters

Local news is an essential lever to a healthy democracy; it helps communities understand what's at stake in local elections, equips them to get involved in the ...

The State of Local News 2023 | Local News Initiative

This State of Local News Project has served as an MRI of the health of local news, providing journalists, media leaders, policy makers, philanthropists and ...

Growth in public funding for news and information at the state and ...

Nearly $2.5 million has gone to 27 projects that span from arts organizations to local nonprofits to hyperlocal news startups. What began as a hope and a prayer ...

Home • States Newsroom

States Newsroom launched in 2018 with a mission: non-partisan coverage of state policy. Now in our 50th state, we're the largest nonprofit news organization ...

Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism

State-level experiments designed to support local journalism as a crucial public service are expanding, from New Jersey to California, New Mexico to Wisconsin, ...

Public funding in local journalism is no silver bullet. But some ...

Some states, like New Mexico, New Jersey and California, have utilized public policy to fund journalism fellowships, tax credits for newspaper ...