I'm Just a Bill: Save Local Journalism Act
👀 I’m Just a Bill — Save Local Journalism Act A Liana Banyan “I’m Just a Bill” Bounty Poster What is this bill? Local journalism support legislation in the 119th Congress addressing the documented collapse of local newsrooms (~1/3 of U.S. newspapers closed since 2005; ~200 million Americans live in news deserts). What does it actually do? Local journalism tax credit — for publishers employing local journalists Subscriber credit — for individual subscribers to local outlets Antitrust safe harbor — limited collective-bargaining authority for news publishers vs platform aggregators Public-interest journalism grants — direct funding for investigative and civic journalism Library/educational use — strengthens fair-use provisions for educational distribution Who votes when? House Ways & Means + Senate Finance + House/Senate Judiciary active consideration How does this affect cooperative-class families? Composes with #15 Power-to-the-People Council “I’m Just a Bill” pilot (Bounty Posters are themselves a form of cooperative-class civic journalism), #13 JukeBox (cooperative-class media infrastructure), and PRESS Act Bounty Poster. ...