Be part of the solution to restore local journalism in the Central Valley and other California communities.
A Non-Profit Model for Journalism
The Central Valley Journalism Collaborative (CVJC) connects communities with the resources, infrastructure, and networks to ensure a vibrant local free press. The CVJC invests in local journalism and community engagement around the critical stories impacting the diverse people who make the Central Valley the special place it is. These investments reflect the need for new and restorative practices and economics in local democracy and a Free Press.
The Challenge
Local journalism is in an economic crisis.
We are all in.
Studio To Be, (2021, July 27) Feasibility Report on Developing a Central Valley Journalism Collaborative. https://jbmcclatchyfoundation.org/feasibility-form/
http://hussman.unc.edu/news/2020-report-unc-hussman-knight-chair-state-local-journalism
Studio To Be, (2021, 27 de julio) Informe de viabilidad sobre el desarrollo de una colaboración de periodismo del Valle Central.
http://hussman.unc.edu/news/2020-report-unc-hussman-knight-chair-state-local-journalism
The loss of independent local journalism, replaced by profit-driven economic models, jeopardizes local journalism’s ecosystem and increases political polarization and distrust of the media.
We come from the Central Valley—which is now being exploited by the proliferation of news deserts —and understand a public centered structure is integral to the furthering of fact-based reporting and freedom of speech and expression.
1 in 4
U.S. newspapers have ceased to publish since 2004
> 11k
newsroom layoffs took place in the first six months of 2020
36k
journalists faced layoffs, furloughs or pay cuts caused by COVID‑19
300k
newspaper jobs have been lost since 1998
14%
people surveyed say they pay for news