Rebuild Local News
Local News Shortage Leads to $1.1 Billion in Extra Borrowing Costs for Local Governments and Taxpayers
The widespread decline of local news is not merely a cultural or democratic crisis.
Rebuild Local News Launches Ambitious New Drive for Public Policies to Help Save Local News
With the collapse of local news accelerating, Steve Waldman, co-founder of Report for America, leads new independent nonprofit organization developing non-partisan public policies to strengthen community journalism. The Rebuild Local News Coalition, an alliance of local news organizations launched in 2020, has now become an independent nonprofit organization and plans a drive to advance a range of public policies to address the accelerating crisis in local news that threatens so many communities.