Report for America, an initiative of The GroundTruth Project, joins the Rebuild Local News coalition in its support of the U.S. Senate version of the Local Journalism Sustainability Act. The coalition represents more than 3,000 local newsrooms, funders of local journalism, and civil society organizations advocating for a healthy free press. The bill — jointly
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Report for America joins coalition’s endorsement of bipartisan bill to preserve community journalism
Rebuild Local News, a coalition representing more than 3,000 local newsrooms, funders of local journalism, and civil society organizations advocating for a healthy free press—including Report for America—today placed its support behind the newly reintroduced Local Journalism Sustainability Act for the 117th Congress. Reps. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced the bipartisan bill
Report for America joins call for Congress to include local news in infrastructure bill
A coalition representing more than 3,000 local newsrooms, funders of local journalism, and civil society organizations advocating for a healthy free press—including Report for America—today urged Congressional leaders to bolster support for America’s community news organizations in the infrastructure bill. “Local news is a pillar of democracy’s civic infrastructure — and it is crumbling,” began