Journalism Trends
California expands historic commitment to the California Local News Fellowship
California is expanding its historic commitment to local journalism with a $15 million budget allocation for fellowships to early-career reporters and editors and training to strengthen the economic viability of news outlets. This commitment will fund another infusion of California Local News Fellows — the nation’s largest publicly funded journalism initiative based at UC Berkeley…
Read MoreAt the national Bioneers Conference, Local News Leaders Highlight Efforts to Save and Enliven Local News
The crisis for local news with “news deserts” appearing across the national landscape as well as the hope for a new kind of local journalism were highlighted at the 35th Annual Bioneers Conference in Berkeley in late March with the panel “The Struggle to Save and Revivify Local Media.” California Local News Fellowship Director Christa…
Read MoreNeiman Lab Predictions For Journalism, 2024
Annually, Neiman Lab invites leaders in journalism to offer their forecasts for the upcoming year. Christa Scharfenberg, our Project Director, was invited to contribute, and the ensuing article encapsulates her insights. More Publicly-Funded Initiatives to Support Local News Local news outlets continue to fight for their lives nationwide: the State of Local News…
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