If journalism is meant to serve democracy, perhaps the question isn’t how to protect the current commercial model from AI, but whether that model was ever adequate. A better alternative may be independent, publicly funded media treated as essential democratic infrastructure, not a product.
Wolfgang
Thrilled to announce the publication of our @rooseveltinstitute.org report that uncovers the policy roots of the current crises facing our news, information & communication systems. We argue that media reform must become central to a US pro-democracy movement. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Victor Pickard
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
