We Need To Save Journalism

Democracy Dies In Darkness

The Washington Post aka the “Democracy Dies in Darkness” newspaper refuses to endorse a presidential candidate because its billionaire owner Jeff Bezos does not want to. The biotech tycoon and billionaire LA Times owner, Patrick Soon-Shiong, did the same thing. The 2024 Presidential election features a candidate who incited an insurrection, was impeached twice, and was convicted of 34 felonies of falsified business records. Right-wing influencers like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, and Benny Johnson were funded by Russian state media to churn out English-language videos. These videos were “often consistent” with the Kremlin’s “interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions in order to weaken U.S. opposition” to Russian interests. This is not the election to sit out when so many people rely upon the election information provided by newspaper voter guides to make an educated vote. These patterns are concerning and make it appear that billionaires are intentionally buying all the news platforms and destroying them.
Guide To Fact Checking
Fact-Checking

International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter

The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. We believe nonpartisan and transparent fact-checking can be a powerful instrument of accountability journalism.

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Reporting with Real Impact

Report For America

The crisis in journalism has become a crisis for our democracy.
We are calling on a new generation of journalists to serve in community news organizations across the country. It is time to Report for America.

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Trustworthy Sources

Institute For Non-Profit News

To provide education and business support services to our nonprofit member organizations and promote the value and benefit of public-service and investigative journalism.

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How To Save Journalism

Subscribe To Your Local Newspaper

Support hard working journalists in your community and subscribe to your local newspaper. We need less blogs and opinions and need legions of well-paid journalists to check facts and properly report the news.

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Support Independent Journalism

Independent accountability journalism is more important now than ever. A great independent journalist to support is Popular Information by Judd Legum.

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Propublica

Investigative Journalism in the Public Interest

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The Open Society Foundations

The Open Society Barometer is one of the largest ever studies of global public opinion on human rights and democracy across 30 countries—representing almost 5.5 billion people worldwide.

The Open Society Foundations support journalism that verifies, exposes, and explains the world around us, especially where trustworthy information is scarce, or where media freedom is constrained by those who hold political or economic power.

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Courier

COURIER is a pro-democracy news network that builds a more informed, engaged, and representative America by reaching audiences where they are online with factual, values-driven news and analysis.

COURIER’s local newsrooms provide Americans with news centered on the people and policies affecting their lives. Our reporting is primarily produced for the social media platforms and online channels our audiences spend their time on, with an emphasis on video, graphics, and skimmable newsletters to inform and engage our audiences in the ways they consume information today.

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