Can public funding for local news increase trust in media?

Experiments aim to increase public oversight and community participation in local news

The bill even includes clear and specific safeguards to protect against undue partisan or other influence from government, philanthropic, and other outside funders.

The Civic Info Bill is unique as a state-level project established by legislation, but it is not the only example of experiments in public funding of local media.

These local and public funding mechanisms, when combined with community engagement practices and community-ownership models, all have one thing in common: they allow the public to play a more direct role in how local news is funded, selected, and created. These models may not be right for every situation and they might not always scale — and that’s okay.

Community-based and public-service funding models are specifically designed to incentivize more open, reciprocal, and accountable relationships between local news organizations and communities — and it’s a lot easier to trust something when you get to have a say in how it’s made.

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