Buffy Wicks discussed her legislative efforts in Sacramento aimed at compelling tech companies to compensate news organizations for the content they utilize, seeking to bolster California's shrinking newsrooms.
Between 2005 and 2022, California experienced a significant decline in journalism, losing over 68% of its working newspaper journalists and a third of its newspapers.
The panel highlighted the critical challenges in journalism today, including the adversarial relationship between media and the current U.S. presidential administration that is hostile towards reporters.
San Francisco Chronicle columnist Soleil Ho emphasized the importance of supporting local, diverse journalism as a counter to the national narrative imposed by larger media outlets.
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