Steven Waldman
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Chair, Rebuild Local News Coalition (https://t.co/b4aykiRiU1), Co-founder @Report4America. Slowly moving from here to https://t.co/akaCkektyo
Brooklyn
Joined January 2009
RT @CJR: What Will the Next Era of Public Media Look Like? by Steven Waldman.
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After the demise of CPB, the industry has an opportunity to build more creative models for public support.
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RT @Rebuild_News: A group of funders has committed nearly $27M, aiming for $50M this year, to the Public Media Bridge Fund to keep at-risk….
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The Knight Foundation and other top organizations are aiming to provide $50 million to stabilize the stations most at risk from the recent federal government funding cuts.
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What Will the Next Era of Public Media Look Like?.After the demise of CPB, the industry has an opportunity to build more creative models for public support.
cjr.org
After the demise of CPB, the industry has an opportunity to build more creative models for public support.
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"They span major legacy organizations, small community newspapers, digital start-ups and public broadcasters. Most of the funding went to organizations outside the Chicago metro area. Nonprofit outlets received 30% of the money.".
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This is the "tax credit for employing journalists" that we've been pushing for. Exciting to see it kick in -- with benefits going to 120 local newsrooms! . Thank you @SenStadelman.
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Forty Illinois local news entities operating 120 outlets are receiving $4 million in state tax credits under a new law designed to encourage the retention and hiring of journalists, according to...
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RT @mitrakalita: Thrilled to announce @url_media is among grant recipients in @pressforward's latest open call for infrastructure support.….
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Press Forward is announcing investments of $22.7 million in 22 projects that will strengthen the infrastructure of the field. Today’s local newsrooms are much smaller than 25 years ago – doing more...
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Big Leadership Job at Rebuild Local News -- Director of Research. Fresh off our big report with Muck Rack, we are convinced that strong "applied" research can help advance laws, philanthropic support and innovation.
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Rebuild Local News seeks its first Director of Research, who will be responsible for leading and setting research strategy to inform public policy solution recommendations, advance advocacy efforts,...
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Thank you Brian for the shout out. The local news crisis is more severe & widespread than expected. Many urban areas and suburbs, as bad off as rural.
>> @stevenwaldman: “Thousands of rural, urban and suburban communities are being left without the basic reporting they need to stay informed, connected and civically engaged.”
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More than two thirds of the counties, home to 217 million people, have less than even that already-degraded national average.
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We developed a measure called Local Journalist Equivalent, which is like an Full Time Equivalent, to gauge the journalistic horsepower in a community.
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We developed a measure called Local Journalist Equivalent, which is like an Full Time Equivalent, to gauge the journalistic horsepower in a community.
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The situation may actually be worse in many big cities. Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, Queens, Riverside, Las Vegas, San Bernardino and Dallas – they all have reporter averages that are half of the already-way-too-low national average.
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For smaller towns, the situation is often bleak. More than 1,000 counties do not have the equivalent of even one full-time journalist covering the community.
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More than two thirds of the counties, home to 217 million people, have less than even that already-degraded national average.
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In 2002, there were about 40 journalists per 100,000 residents on average. Today, our study finds, there are 8.2 Local Journalist Equivalents per 100,000 residents. More than a 75% drop.
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Today @muckrack and @Rebuild_News the 2025 Local Journalist Index -- a national map of the number of local journalists per 100,000 people for each county.
The Local Journalist Index is live: A first-of-its-kind report from @muckrack and Rebuild Local News reveals a more widespread, severe shortage of local journalists across the U.S. than previously understood. Read the report:
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RT @monthly: Trump’s cuts to AmeriCorps eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in struggling small towns across Am….
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Trump's cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in small towns across America.
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RT @Rebuild_News: Big News: Rebuild Local News has been awarded $5.25M from Press Forward, @knightfdn and @macfound to drive nonpartisan st….
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Opinion | Government advertising set asides needed | Editor and Publisher
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“One of the most effective ways to sustain independent Canadian journalism would be for the government of Canada to set aside a minimum of 25 percent of its domestic advertising spend for trusted...
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One of my favorite days of the year.
This #RFADay, we're thrilled to announce the placement of 107 @Report4America corps members in newsrooms across the country, including 14 @CatchLight_io .photojournalist Fellows. In a time when local news is in crisis, we remain committed to bringing coverage to undercovered
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