What We’re Reading, Listening and Watching (2026)
A curated list of articles, reports, and resources on public funding for journalism and local news sustainability.
- Can Treating Journalism Like Public Infrastructure Fix Our Broken Media? — Dame Magazine (Parker Molloy) · May 21, 2026
- Microsoft backs Washington’s expanding news fellowship — Seattle Times Free Press · May 21, 2026
- Certified Organic Journalism — The Schmidt Show PDX · May 20, 2026
- AI Data Centers Should Help Finance Independent Local Journalism — Tech Policy Press (Steven Waldman) · May 17, 2026
- More states back local journalism with tax credits this session — Reynold Journalism Institute · May 13, 2026
- Workforce: People to Report, Operate, and Sustain Local Newsrooms — True North News · Mar 24, 2026
- AI News Audit: AI, Canadian Journalism, and Paths for Policy Action — Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy · Mar 23, 2026
- Editorial: Bill torching public meetings law deserves a veto — oregonlive.com · Mar 15, 2026
- Cord-cutting threatens local access cable. Can legislation save this vital community lifeline? — What Works (Dan Kennedy) · Mar 10, 2026
- Last year, Illinois started giving local news outlets tax credits to support journalism jobs. A new report looks at how it’s going — Nieman Lab (Laura Hazard Owen) · Feb 8, 2026
- Rebuild Local News Backs Washington Local News Sustainability Program — Rebuild Local News (Matt Pearce) · Feb 7, 2026
- Supporting Local Reporting in Illinois: Early Lessons and Opportunities — Rebuild Local News · Feb 4, 2026
- Even amid setbacks, public funding for local news is expanding at the state level — Poynter · Jan 22, 2026
- How Dolly Parton politics and budget bickering warped California’s Google news deal — Politico · Jan 1, 2026
2025
- Community and Ethic Media Outlets Call on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to Restore Advertising Lifeline — Newmark J School · Dec 18, 2025
- We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out — Talking Points Memo · Nov 13, 2025
- News vouchers resurface in Seattle mayoral race — Seattle Times Free Press · Nov 2, 2025
- What makes for good local media policy — Media Power Collaborative · Nov 2025
- How Google’s funding for Canadian news publishers is split – and who benefits the most — Reuters Institute · Oct 3, 2025
- How Google Paid the Media Millions to Avoid Regulatory Pressure — Tech Policy Press · Sep 16, 2025
- How to Solve AI’s Community News Problem — Tech Policy Press · Oct 23, 2025
- News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void. — The New York Times · Apr 28, 2025
- Tech platforms have an obligation to save California’s local newsrooms — The Sacramento Bee · Apr 23, 2025