Florida and Ohio are the home states of the Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates, and Georgia was a key state in deciding the 2020 presidential and senate elections, as well as a hotbed of disinformation questioning the validity of the election results. [...] In Florida, the number of people without a local news source is well over 300,000, roughly the population of the city of Orlando. [...] A staggering 94% of the journalists surveyed were concerned about animosity from politicians and the general public while reporting in the field. [...] The statute does not explicitly extend this privilege to nontraditional news gatherers; however, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals found in a 1998 decision that the privilege could be applied to someone “involved in activities traditionally associated with the gathering and dissemination of news, even though she may not ordinarily be a member of the institutionalized press.” “C ounty commissione. [...] Civic institutions and the news media must work together, especially at the local level, to rebuild trust in the media and convince more Americans of the value and necessity of journalism, robbing political attacks on the press of their potency.
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Table of Contents
- GOOD NEWS 4
- BAD NEWS 4
- ARIZONA 4
- REPORT CARD 4
- Political 4
- Legal 4
- Economic 4
- Socio-cultural 4
- Safety 4
- OVERALL 4
- GOOD NEWS 6
- BAD NEWS 6
- REPORT CARD 6
- Political 6
- Legal 6
- Economic 6
- Socio-cultural 6
- Safety 6
- OVERALL 6
- FLORIDA 6
- GOOD NEWS 8
- BAD NEWS 8
- REPORT CARD 8
- Political 8
- Legal 8
- Economic 8
- Socio-cultural 8
- Safety 8
- OVERALL 8
- NEVADA 8
- Nevada is the only state in this report where the average journalists out-earns the states living wage 8
- GOOD NEWS 10
- BAD NEWS 10
- REPORT CARD 10
- Political 10
- Legal 10
- Economic 10
- Socio-cultural 10
- Safety 10
- OVERALL 10
- PENNSYLVANIA 10
- Many of Pennsylvanias journalists struggle to earn a living wage 10
- GRADING RUBRIC 13
