Steven Waldman

@stevenwaldman

Chair, Rebuild Local News Coalition (rebuildlocalnews.org), Co-founder @Report4America. Slowly moving from here to linkedin.com/in/stevendwald…

Brooklyn rebuildlocalnews.org Joined January 2009

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Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman Sep 30

"This is a big deal," said @GovPressOffice signing the historic Community NEWS Act: tax credits to news orgs to hire & retain local journalists. Most significant law to revive local news. Content-neutral, nonpartisan, digital, print, b'cast, forprofit & non, old & new. THANK YOU.

Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman Sep 25

Before @MajorCBS was a star CBS News correspondent, he was a reporter in Amarillo, TX. When he was there: 44 reporters. Now: 4. Grateful that he shined spotlight on the local news collapse & opportunity in CA if @CAgov signs the historic Community News Act cbsnews.com/video/californ…

www.cbsnews.com California passes local journalism lifeline bill amid "catastrophic collapse" Local news has been disappearing across the U.S. for more than a decade. A newly passed bill in California aims to reverse the trend. Rebuild Local News president and founder Steve Waldman joins "The...

Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman Sep 24

You mean to tell me that by signing AB2222, @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom would be saving money for California taxpayers??

Rebuild Local News @Rebuild_News Sep 24

When local news disappears, taxpayers pay more.

New research finds that the Community NEWS Act (AB 2222) could save California taxpayers at least $47.6 million a year in borrowing costs while helping local newsrooms retain and hire journalists.

rebuildlocalnews.org/ab-2222-would-…
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Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman Sep 22

Per @AndrewYang, the paradox: AI needs local reporters to feed the machine & now AI is making it unlikely such reporters will exist (by taking content w/o payment, & not driving traffic to sites, see below)

Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 Verified account @AndrewYang Sep 22

AI will be how we get our news.
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Steven Waldman @stevenwaldman Sep 21

Two influential Californians Paulette Brown-Hinds (@mygoldenstate) and Lenny Mendonca make the case that @CAgovernor @GavinNewsom should sign the Community News act, and make it a model for the nation on how to revive independent local news editorandpublisher.com/stories/opinio…

www.editorandpublisher.com Opinion | The government does need to financially help local news - Editor and Publisher The announcement last week that the McClatchy newspaper chain was laying off 90 local journalists went from sad news to appalling as the details came in. The Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky lost...