A nonpartisan group of 22 foundations today announced the launch of Press Forward, a nationwide coalition committing more than $500 million over five years to help reinvigorate local news in America.Local news, including the once-thriving newspaper business, has been in decline for at least two decades. Since 2005, over 2,200 American newspapers have closed, and one-in-five Americans live in a news desert with no reliable, independent coverage of local government, schools, or current events.
Origen: The Press Forward Multiplier Effect – Nieman Reports
