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Steven Waldman

@stevenwaldman
Chair, Rebuild Local News Coalition (rebuildlocalnews.org), Co-founder @Report4America. Slowly moving from here to linkedin.com/in/stevendwald…
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  • @stevenwaldman
    Steven Waldman
    @stevenwaldman
    Feb 25
    Momentum is growing to fix the (otherwise excellent) NY media jobs law to include nonprofit media (websites, public radio/tv, PEG). The leading civic and democracy groups in NY just endorsed the plan to add nonprofits! (now introduced by @jamaaltbailey & @JeffreyDinowitz.
  • @stevenwaldman
    Steven Waldman
    @stevenwaldman
    Jan 23
    Communities should ask/require that AI data centers help finance independent local journalism (in part to report on data centers)
    AI Data Centers Should Help Finance Independent Local Journalism
    From techpolicy.press
  • @stevenwaldman
    Steven Waldman
    @stevenwaldman
    Jan 12
    NY passed a mostly-excellent law to help local news but made 1 huge error: it accidentally (?) left out nonprofit media. Public radio, nonprofit websites, and PEGs will get nothing. This is unfair -- and hugely consequential, @KathyHochul must fix.
    Op-Ed | New York wants to save local news. They’re forgetting about nonprofits and public media |...
    From amny.com
  • @stevenwaldman
    Steven Waldman
    @stevenwaldman
    Oct 23, 2025
    ChatGPT was right when it told me, "The decline of local news and local journalists makes it harder for AI to provide accurate, trustworthy search results." Indeed, AI companies, and the OpenAI nonprofit, should invest in reviving local news.
    How to Solve AI’s Community News Problem
    From techpolicy.press
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  • @stevenwaldman
    Steven Waldman
    @stevenwaldman
    Aug 27, 2025
    Malcolm Gladwell is right.
    @Gladwell
    Malcolm Gladwell
    @Gladwell
    Aug 25, 2025
    Forget US News. The Washington Monthly’s college rankings are so much better. @WeisbergNate