Amid Pandemic, PEN America Urges State Officials to Support Local Journalism
April 25, 2020
April 25, 2020
NEW YORK, April 25 -- PEN America issued the following news release on April 24:
PEN America joined a coalition of local news and press freedom organizations to send letters to governors in all 50 states, as well as the mayor of Washington D.C., urging government leaders to include emergency funding for local news in their coronavirus relief efforts.
The effort, led by PEN America, Free Press, and Common Cause, builds on PEN America's advocacy on Capitol Hill, similarly . . .
PEN America joined a coalition of local news and press freedom organizations to send letters to governors in all 50 states, as well as the mayor of Washington D.C., urging government leaders to include emergency funding for local news in their coronavirus relief efforts.
The effort, led by PEN America, Free Press, and Common Cause, builds on PEN America's advocacy on Capitol Hill, similarly . . .