Sens. Menendez, Booker Call for Support for Local Journalism Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
April 09, 2020
April 09, 2020
NEWARK, New Jersey, April 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) called for funding to support local journalism and media in any future COVID-19 relief package. In a letter to Senate leadership, the senators warn that the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic--including plummeting advertising revenue--could decimate regional and local news outlets even as communities have become increa . . .
U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) called for funding to support local journalism and media in any future COVID-19 relief package. In a letter to Senate leadership, the senators warn that the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic--including plummeting advertising revenue--could decimate regional and local news outlets even as communities have become increa . . .