Across the country, community journalism has been collapsing. Social media platforms are eating away many of the local advertising dollars. The cost of newsprint bias has risen and newsstands are disappearing.
was founded in 1909 on a dressmakers table in an apartment on Amsterdam Ave. in the San Juan Hill section of New York City. It was founded to tell the story of Black New Yorkers, all of us. Those that have been here for generations, those that have just been here for days; but we are here to tell the story, navigate the waters, so to speak. We are the voice, and as such we represent the community. But there is a problem.
This means fewer people covering the things that matter most to our communities: education, criminal justice, health care, housing, crime and other issues of grave concern. This bill would provide tax credits to news organizations to retain or hire local reporters, photographers and editors at newspapers, news websites, radio stations and local TV news programs.
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