“I left that newspaper in 2001 and it has been heartbreaking to see what has happened to the newsroom since I left there,” she said. There is a real sense of urgency around legislation that is going to help local journalism.”īustos who represents northwestern Illinois, said her former newspaper, the Quad City Times, is just one example of the problem. “The smaller and smaller these newsrooms are, the less attention they are paying to critically important issues,” Bustos told the Medill Local News Initiative. Cheri Bustos, D-Ill., who was a journalist for 17 years.
A tax on Big Tech’s digital ad revenue, with the proceeds funding journalism.An antitrust exemption allowing news organizations to negotiate as a group with Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook for digital advertising revenue.Tax credits that encourage news outlets to hire journalists.
Tax credits that encourage people to buy subscriptions.While advocates differ on the most promising rescue efforts, a host of ideas are being discussed: “People understand that the collapse of local news is severe and real, and there is attentiveness to the topic like there hasn’t been ever.” “This Congress is going to be the most likely to tackle local news that we’ve had in a very long time,” said Steven Waldman, President of Report for America and coordinator for the Rebuild Local News coalition. As the local news crisis deepens, growing awareness and shifting political dynamics in Washington are raising hopes that targeted legislation can pass to help make local journalism more financially sustainable.
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