Your weekly update on the importance of local journalism, the threat posed by Google and Facebook, and how you can take action to support the JCPA.
The News/Media Alliance is leading the effort to pass the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act (JCPA) fighting avidly for publishers’ ability to negotiate with the Big Tech platforms for fair compensation for use of their content. Here, we highlight the latest updates, editorials and op-eds, social media posts and resources for news and magazine members on how you can support the JCPA.
LATEST ARTICLES
‘Support Journalism’ Fly-In 2024 Photos
More than 120 participants representing news, magazine and digital-only publishers met with Members of Congress from 36 states on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2024 for the News/Media Alliance's 'Support Journalism' Fly-In to advocate for the importance of quality journalistic and creative content and reinforce the need ... Read More
News/Media Alliance Hosts ‘Support Journalism’ Fly-In in Washington, D.C. to Advocate for Support for Quality Journalism
Today, over 120 participants representing news, magazine and digital-only publishers will meet with Senators and Representatives from 36 states on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. as part of a Support Journalism Fly-In hosted by the News/Media Alliance ... Read More
My Trip to Capitol Hill, and the Desperate Need to Save Newspapers
(The Examiner News, 10/2/23) "As I boarded an Amtrak train back home from Washington, D.C. last Thursday morning, leaving a city bracing for a potential (ultimately averted) government shutdown amid a debate checkered with misinformation, the capitol’s dysfunction and discord provided an appropriate backdrop to the urgent mission that had ... Read More
‘Protecting News to Preserve Democracy’ by Center for Journalism & Liberty at Open Markets Institute
On September 27, 2023, the Center for Journalism & Liberty at the Open Markets Institute convened policymakers, experts, and practitioners from the U.S. and Canada for a highly valuable discussion on the path forward for sustaining our countries’ independent news media as a condition of healthy democracies ... Read More
JCPA Social Posts: 9/26 – 10/2
Select social posts from the week about the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act ... Read More
Newspaper Publishers Lobby Congress for Passage of Bill to Protect Local Journalism
"Peekskill Herald Publisher Regina Clarkin was in Washington, D.C. earlier this week to meet with key Senators and Congressional representatives to advocate for bills and ideas to help save local journalism ... Read More
