Updates

The News Voices project, which existed in New Jersey for two years before launching last month in Charlotte and Durham, aims to connect journalists with residents of Charlotte’s more marginalized communities and populations and help them build more in-depth relationships with the people they report on.

Two recent events kicked off News Voices: North Carolina, a new initiative from the advocacy group Free Press, which is aiming to foster collaborations and strengthen the bonds between journalists and the communities they cover.

Mike Rispoli, director of News Voices: New Jersey, discusses the critical importance of local news.

New Jersey has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create more informed communities and a more engaged democracy in cities and towns across the state.

Free Press Action Fund is calling on the New Jersey legislature and governor to invest a portion of the state’s FCC-auction windfall in a fund to bolster local news.

As soon as the FCC announced results of its broadcast spectrum auction, public-TV stations began to speak out about plans for their proceeds.

The sale of station-owned airwaves to shore up cellular networks offers a rare opportunity to invest in local news and public information needs.

New Jersey has sold off two regional public-broadcasting television licenses for $332 million in a nationwide auction of broadcast television spectrum.

Free Press Action Fund is urging New Jersey lawmakers to use the state’s auction revenues to give communities the news and information they need.

During a recent public hearing convened by the Assembly Budget Committee, Mike Rispoli, a former statehouse reporter, asked lawmakers to consider establishing a news consortium using $100 million from the anticipated auction proceeds.