"What if the best way to help the media is not with carefully sculpted grants provided to worthy programs by a panel of wise people, but rather big, messy, blunt-instrument policies that push far more dollars into the system [and] lift all boats...?"

Local Journalist Index 2025 "...mapped how many local journalists cover each U.S. county, revealing in stark detail the stunning collapse in local reporting." Powerful and worrying. muckrack.com/research/loc...

Have you explored the Local Journalist Index yet? Rebuild Local News President @stevenwaldman.bsky.social shares how its data on the journalist shortage can help entrepreneurs, funders and policymakers take targeted action to support local news. Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/severe-and-w...

Coverage of the study we released today... www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/m...

This is a really important project by @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social and @muckrack.com showing the decline in the number of journalists across the U.S., down to the county level. Really shocking numbers that should spur communities and lawmakers to action.

Very excited to welcome Irma Fernandez to our Rebuild Local News team! It feels good to be growing with so many talented people coming onboard!

So excited to welcome Susan to our team! Another Midwesterner working to Rebuild Local News! #Iowa #Indiana

It's been a pleasure working with @mattdpearce.com on local news policy issues and I'm grateful we get to keep him!

So excited to have Susan and @mattdpearce.com join our team! Rebuild Local News is growing fast, and I'm grateful to have these two amazing people helping lead us. @matt

Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

I’ve decided to take a break from mental health to focus on social media.

Here for thoughtful posts about #journalism and doggos. Waging public policy solutions to the local news crisis at rebuildlocalnews.org

We couldn't agree more. There are alternatives: Rebuild Local News (which we are a member of) www.rebuildlocalnews.org Local News Dollars democracypolicy.network/agenda/stron...

Public policy is a key part of sustaining and growing local news coverage. Dozens of states and cities are pursuing policies.

🚨 Watch LIVE now on YouTube: bit.ly/LivestreamJa... Moderated by Tracie Potts, panelists @sulliview.bsky.social, Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News, Kimi Yoshino of the Baltimore Banner & Sarabeth Berman of the @theajp.bsky.social discuss the state of local news. #NewsLiteracyWeek