5. Access to Trusted News & Information

Overview

All Americans should have ready access to trusted news sources that provide high-quality, non-partisan, accurate, and reliable information and coverage of news at the local, state, and national levels. Through promoting high-quality and verifiable information and curtailing the intentional or unintentional spread of harmful and inaccurate information, Americans will be able to engage in democratic debate and disagreement on the basis of shared truths and understanding.

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April 10, 2024

Trust. News. Democracy. with the LBJ Foundation

More Perfect and the LBJ Foundation co-hosted a two-day conference on the state of trusted news and its impact on democracy, featuring speakers across the political spectrum at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas.

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November 3, 2023

Democracy's Immune System: Presented by the MacArthur Foundation

More Perfect and the MacArthur Foundation organized a panel at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum on DG 5: Access to Trusted Information and strengthening local news

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January 27, 2023

Summit for Local News & Journalism

Discussing how all Americans should have ready access to trusted news sources that provide high-quality, non-partisan, accurate, and reliable information and coverage of news at the local, state, and national levels. Convening hosted by The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chalkbeat, and The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands to create a roadmap to strengthen local journalism.

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The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

Elizabeth Green

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Trust. News. Democracy. with the LBJ Foundation

More Perfect and the LBJ Foundation co-hosted a conference on the state of trusted news and its impact on democracy, featuring speakers across the political spectrum at the LBJ Library in Austin, TX.

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The LBJ Foundation

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CPB Invests $2.25 Million in State Government Coverage

Funding strengthens coverage in 7 states and provides more editorial support for public media statehouse reporters

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More Perfect’s John Bridgeland Mobilizes Public Media

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, the CPB Public Media Thought Leader Forum brought innovators and public media leaders together to discuss strengthening our democracy and civil society.

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Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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John Bridgeland

Former White House Domestic Policy Council Director

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MacArthur Foundation: Press Forward Will Award More Than $500 Million to Revitalize Local News

A national coalition of donors catalyzes local news and information for stronger communities.

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Newspapers are disappearing where democracy needs them most

Local news is the oxygen of democracy, the most trusted source for the most essential information, and we’ve long known why dying newsrooms damage communities.

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By Nancy Gibbs