The rise of nonprofit local news is one of the most hopeful trends amidst an otherwise dreary landscape. Hundreds of nonprofit local news sites have arisen in just the past decade.And major efforts are underway to grow this sector further. A gathering of journalism funders and practitioners at Sunnylands, the former Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, California, urged more philanthropic support for local news. Another summit, called It’s Our Democracy (led by former Bush administration Domestic Policy Advisor John Bridgeland and former Gen. Stanley McChrystal), concluded that strengthening local news is as important as more-discussed “democracy” threats like the deterioration of election systems and polarization. One working group during that conference proposed $500 million in new philanthropy. These are incredibly positive developments.
Origen: Legacy Media Needs to Be Transformed, Not Discarded – Nieman Reports
