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BOSTON The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in
State commission will explore ways to support local journalism
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Published: 2/11/2021 2:21:04 PM
The growth of “news deserts” in Massachusetts and the possible solutions to improving local journalism in underserved communities will be the focus of a new commission approved in the final hours of the last legislative session.
The initiative by Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead, and Sen. Brendan Crighton, D-Lynn, was part of the massive economic development bill approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker last month. It will examine the sustainability of local press business models and the sufficiency of news coverage in communities across the state.
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June 11, 2020“A lot of mainstream, white-led media organizations were really blowing it in that moment,” Lomax-Reese said. “There was thiscascade of mainstream media organizations being called out for their racist practices by their own reporters and communities. It was just snowballing. We started talking and thought there must be something that we collectively and collaboratively could do, to speak to this moment in a different way.”
We introduce ourselves at a pivotal time in U.S. and global history. We don’t want the next 4 years to look like the last 4–or 400. https://t.co/BJindjTB7N
They decided to found URL Media, a “a decentralized, multi-platform network of high-performing Black and Brown media organizations.” (URL stands for “uplift, respect, love.” Instead of starting a news outlet from scratch, Kalita and Lomax-Reese wanted to provide more support to existing news outlets that are often overlooked. They want to help community news outlets scale their