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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.