And on national level the Newspaper Revitalisation Act was proposed last month suggesting a similar model. The proposal was welcomed by the Newspaper Association of America, according to Editors Weblog.
In Europe the European Federation of Journalists, EFJ, recently asked European Union bodies to take action. The European Federation of Journalists asks for a debate and for a review of the EUs media policy, however no details were revealed as to the more concrete content of the needs as seen by the EFJ.
Europe has a variety of models to support the media in the member states with public money, public service models, tax reductions and so forth.
By Brigitte Alfter