Journalism/Digital Era. In the Digital Era, Journalism Should Be Considered a Public Good (Victor Pickard, CIGI)

Front pages on a news stand in London/REUTERS

As nations around the globe grapple with a precipitous decline in financial support for journalism, new policies for protecting local media — and, by extension, democracy — are beginning to emerge. Many countries have begun forays into supporting noncommercial journalism, ranging from not-for-profit initiatives such as La Presse in Montreal to various kinds of media subsidies. Even the relatively libertarian United States is broaching serious discussions about subsidizing local journalism and other plans to support the beleaguered newspaper industry — still the last major bastion for producing original reporting.

In the Digital Era, Journalism Should Be Considered a Public Good – Centre for International Governance Innovation (cigionline.org)