Local news outlets serve a vital purpose, and they must be empowered, _Jahan writes.
, the state AGs — from Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington state — wrote:
Local news outlets are critical resources for our states and communities, and are vital for a healthy democracy. This includes regional journalism, as well as journalism by and for Black, Indigenous, and people of color, including ethnic media organizations. These organizations are critical to our communities as they have the greatest capacity to identify, investigate, and report on issues that directly affect them.
They go on to say they’re “deeply concerned that local news organizations across the country continue to struggle because of significantly reduced revenues, media consolidation, and a growing reliance on online news to serve these roles.” In recent months, Republican officials have shown a willingness to try to curtail local news outlets that report on them or run afoul of their political agenda. In one such instance, Oklahoma’s Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, vetoed funding for his state’s PBS network, falsely claiming that some of the programming “just overly sexualizes our kids.” (
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