Recently, my colleagues and I went up to Santa Fe and successfully made the case for some government money to help us expand our local news fellowship program — a five-year partnership between our state college and a private foundation to place graduates in newsrooms to give them a head-start in local journalism (while bolstering established newsrooms who are struggling with the changing times).

The money was very helpful and much appreciated, but if we are to go way further in helping local communities rebuild or remake their local media system with public dollars, then we’re going to have to confront the complications of well-thought-out policies. 

In that spirit then, I share and recommend this piece.  By Damian Radcliffe and Nick Mathews in Columbia Journalism Review.     

It’s a detailed spin down of expert perspectives. The piece doesn’t boil down to specific recommendations, but it illuminates the craggy landscape on which we stand.