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. ...