Advancing Public Policies to Support Local News

On September 26, 2019, Common Cause Ohio, Policy Matters Ohio and media advocacy organization Free Press hosted a presentation and conversation about public policy solutions to Ohio’s local news crisis.

Panelists:

• Caitlin Johnson, Policy Matters Ohio
• Zach Schiller, Policy Matters Ohio
• Catherine Turcer, Common Cause Ohio
• Yosef Getachew, Common Cause Ohio
• Madeleine Bair, Free Press
• Mike Rispoli, Free Press

Key Moments:

• What Congress and state lawmakers can do
• People aren't just news consumers. They're constituents for journalism.
• Explaining the local news crisis in New Jersey and how the idea for a New Jersey Civic Information Consortium emerged from hundreds of perspectives on local information needs.