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News innovators and public interest advocates are working tirelessly for policies that support journalism and the communities they serve. With so much at stake, this section offers a simple way to learn more about some of the pressing policy issues facing the news and information field. We welcome organizations that work across news, information and policy networks to inform and educate others. Please feel free to suggest additional resources you think should be included.
MPI goes deep and broad exploring how media innovation may best serve democracy with products to help inform policies that advance the public interest.
Posted on November 2, 2011
Topics: Community Experiments Policy Resources
Advancing diversity across newsroom staff and viewpoints, AAJA resources include style guides, reporting tips from Asian hotspots, and connections to a broad journalism community.
Posted on November 2, 2011
Topics: Community Craft Education Policy Resources
Dedicated to supporting African American journalists and coverage, the NABJ offers community, a jobs board, a style guide with deep context, and an annual report on newsroom diversity.
Posted on October 31, 2011
Topics: Community Craft Education Policy Resources
Released in 2009 in collaboration with the Aspen Institute, this paper explores what people require to inform their lives in the digital age and how journalism functions in service of this.
Posted on October 25, 2011
Topics: Community Distribution Policy Resources
Offering loads of resources and legal perspective, “the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court.”
Posted on October 18, 2011
Topics: Policy Resources
“Counting cash to make change,” this Center for Responsive Politics site tracks money in U.S. politics, its impact on policy and people. Comprehensive, non-partisan data on election spending.
Posted on October 17, 2011
Topics: Craft Policy Resources
With a goal of "ensuring everyone’s right to information," the National Freedom of Information Coalition has been actively supporting state member groups' and journalists' right of open access to information since 1991.
Posted on October 12, 2011
Topics: Community Craft Policy Resources
David Herzog's Open Missouri project delivers the state's largest independent directory of government databases, with tips to help empower citizens, journalists and communities.
Posted on October 7, 2011
Topics: Craft Education Policy Resources
A treasure trove of data to help you inform your communities; follow the Money is the only program in the nation that provides high-quality campaign spending data across all fifty states to further the public good.
Posted on October 3, 2011
Topics: Community Policy Resources Revenue
Big fans of the First Amendment, Free Press supports our nation’s right to be informed. Advocates of the public good, their campaigns preserve and expand the possibilities for journalism.
Posted on September 21, 2011
Topics: Craft Education Policy Resources
