Updates

The state support will help the consortium continue its ground-breaking mission to invest public funds into growing trustworthy, community-based news and information sources throughout New Jersey.

Let’s treat the current state of the industry like the civic-health crisis it is.

Hedge funds and media conglomerates would benefit most from the CJPA, which
sets up a perverse incentive to create yet more clickbait.

Free Press’ Diamond Hardiman talks to KGNU about the organization’s Reparative Journalism Project.

As one of 17 initial grantees, Free Press will receive funding to support the creation of policies that prioritize the information needs of underserved communities.

Any government intervention to support local news should come with a strong firewall to protect editorial independence.

The JCPA fundamentally fails to recognize that any solution to the journalism crisis must prioritize the public interest and local accountability journalism.

The newspaper has failed to address numerous diversity, equity and inclusion issues and improve coverage of the city’s BIPOC communities.

In the face of federal inaction, state-level experiments to fund community-based outlets are expanding.

One of our most powerful stories of the year was an interview with Free Press’ Mike Rispoli about using public funding to better inform communities.