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New Mexico governor signs legislation that provides tax credits to local newspapers

New Mexico has taken a practical step to strengthen local news in communities across the state. Through Senate Bill 151 and House Bill 2, state leaders have adopted a targeted approach that directs support straight into the places where local news is actually produced — local newspapers.

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham deserves credit for signing this legislation into law and recognizing the important role independent local media play in communities across New Mexico. READ MORE

New Mexico Governor Lujan Grisham signs legislation supporting local journalism and newspaper printing

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed SB151, landmark legislation that includes two targeted tax credits designed to strengthen local journalism and preserve newspaper printing infrastructure across the state.
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On Oct. 20, a group of 63 international media organizations — including America's Newspapers — delivered a letter to senior Australian politicians asking them to reject proposed changes to the country’s copyright laws that would allow artificial intelligence companies to use copyrighted material in training their models.
The executive order requires Maryland state agencies to prioritize local news organizations for at least 50 percent of their advertising spending, ensuring public dollars are reinvested in Maryland’s local information ecosystem. The policy applies broadly to print, digital and broadcast outlets, recognizing the full range of platforms that serve Maryland communities.
Press Forward has announced the Press Forward Matching Challenge, a new national campaign that will triple reader gifts to local newsrooms in 12 communities this spring. Timed to Local News Day on April 8, 2027, the campaign runs April 1–30, 2027. Every gift to a participating newsroom will be matched by Press Forward and its local chapter, up to a match goal set by each community.
Postmedia, Torstar, The Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press say Anthropic infringed on their copyright by using their content to develop its large language AI model Claude.
Mississippi Today had a question. Did the stories around its Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporting affect the way those investigations were received? It’s the kind of question local newsrooms can’t easily test on their own. But researchers from Local NExT Lab at Syracuse University could.
In an article published in the Oct. 17-18 edition of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the newspaper recognized columnist Victor Joecks for the two Carmage Walls Commentary Prizes that he was awarded this year by the America's Newspapers Foundation.
Executive Editor Bill Church attributes the newsroom’s audience growth to digital fundamentals, strong enterprise journalism, especially on public policy, and ongoing experimentation.
Meta has removed the word “train” from its upcoming terms of service for business accounts. The company revised its terms after Nieman Lab’s story exposed that the new terms would permit broad scraping of websites “associated with” business accounts, and possibly allow Meta to use that scraped content to train its AI models.
Starting Oct. 30, business accounts will consent to Meta scraping their websites if they continue using Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp.
In business, we live for opportunities — even the slightest sliver of light allowing us to seize an advantage. A competitor’s stumble, applying new technology to a problem, or discovering a market being underserved or ignored.

But how about the yin in this yang arrangement — opportunity cost — and how does it impact our business outcomes?
The 2026 James Madison Award recipient for service to the First Amendment is Rufus Friday, executive director of the Center for Integrity in News Reporting.
Reuters Editor-in-Chief Alessandra Galloni issued a statement this morning, marking the anniversary of the killing of Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah in Lebanon and reiterating demands for transparency and accountability from the Israeli government.
The number of local news desert counties in the U.S. shot up by 26 in the last year, the largest one-year rise in at least five years, according to the Medill State of Local News Report 2026.
Jay Curran oversees RCN's print and digital titles across Arizona, California and Nevada, including the Mohave Valley Daily News, Kingman Daily Miner, Parker Pioneer, Wickenburg Sun, Needles Desert Star and Laughlin Nevada Times. On Dec. 1, the group will add four publications from Western News&Info: the Verde Independent, Williams-Grand Canyon News, Navajo Hopi Observer and Kudos.
Reporters Committee attorneys are representing The Associated Press in a First Amendment challenge to a federal court rule that makes it difficult for the press and public to monitor the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration enforcement operations, a matter of intense national interest.
How people connect with local news can influence how they understand and respond to issues affecting their communities. New findings from local newsrooms across Michigan, Mississippi and the Gulf South offer practical insights into what can shape those connections.
Trust rises from record low, but roughly two-thirds of Americans still have little or no confidence in the news media.
Local newspapers looking to fill a reporting gap have an opportunity to add a journalist — with help covering the cost. Report for America, an America’s Newspapers Solutions Partner, is accepting newsroom applications through Oct. 19 for journalists starting in July 2027.

Find out how the program could work for your newsroom at an information session on Oct. 8 or Oct. 15. Learn more and register at https://www.reportforamerica.org/news-rooms/.

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