In an ideal world, every American would be getting quality journalism. But not every place can sustain an outlet without major, and somewhat risky, investment.
, a group of researchers argued that the loss of local news also contributed to more polarized voting. In aexplaining the work, one of the paper’s authors, Joshua Darr, cited the political scientist Lilliana Mason’s concept of “cross-cutting identity.” Local news, Darr noted, offers Americans a connection beyond party-line issues. “When people read news about their neighborhoods, schools and municipal services, they think like locals,” he wrote.
The American Journalism Project has one of the more comprehensive plans to aid local nonprofit news across the country. Started in 2019—by Elizabeth Green, a co-founder of the education-reporting network Chalkbeat, and John Thornton, a co-founder of the Texas—A.J.P. has raised ninety million dollars for local journalism and calls itself a “venture philanthropy.” Donors to A.J.P.
It’s a pragmatic model for fixing news: go where there’s already infrastructure to support the project long-term—i.e., funders to donate for years to come, and enough population and regional income to support subscribers and advertisers. “I think, in almost every city, people are waking up to what’s going on with local journalism, and they’re trying to do something about it,” Richard Tofel, the former president of ProPublica who counts A.J.P. among his consulting clients, said.
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