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Only Public Funding Can Save Local Journalism—and Thus Democracy

Under our plan—the foundation of the new Local Journalism Initiative—policymakers in Washington would provide a lump sum to every county in the nation annually based on the county’s population to pay for nonprofit journalism within that county.

Under our plan—the foundation of the new Local Journalism Initiative—policymakers in Washington would provide a lump sum to every county in the nation annually based on the county’s population to pay for nonprofit journalism within that county.


This content originally appeared on Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community and was authored by Robert McChesney, John Nichols.


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