Media unions representing staff and freelance journalists at commercial and nonprofit news outlets across California submitted a support letter for the California Journalism Preservation Act.| Media Guild of the West
Despite the popular assumption that democracy requires a free and functional press, Americans harbor a surprising recalcitrance toward public subsidies for journalism. Many believe that if the market doesn’t support a news outlet—or if it doesn’t receive a wealthy benefactor’s support—then it deserves to wither. Yet, as local commercial journalism continues to collapse and misinformation […]| Columbia Journalism Review
Since 2018, we’ve been tracking academic studies that show in stark terms the impact journalism has on our democracy.| Democracy Fund
This is not the news ban you're looking for.| mattdpearce.substack.com
A case for the California Journalism Preservation Act.| mattdpearce.substack.com
It is time to regulate Big Tech.| mattdpearce.substack.com