As lawmakers focus more and more on ways to address the decline of local news, how can they center the needs of both journalism workers and communities?
“I think public media … could play a bigger role in supporting that kind of local coverage that really describes what’s happening in local [communities],” said Free Press Action Co-CEO Craig Aaron.
In April, Free Press staffers celebrated the return of Net Neutrality, pushed tech companies to combat election disinformation and held powerful workshops in Philly.
Every couple of years, conservative members of Congress launch partisan attempts to root out alleged “bias” at NPR and PBS. Here’s what I told lawmakers.
In his testimony, Aaron said that “threats to defund NPR based on a perceived failure to cover certain topics or hire certain people strike at the heart of journalistic freedom.”