News for Free

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Author: Joel Simon

How to Save Public Media and Why

By Joel Simon

Across the United States, local news is collapsing, trust is eroding, and public media is under political attack. In News for Free, journalist and press-freedom advocate Joel Simon travels from New Hampshire and Texas to Denmark, South Korea, and beyond, asking whether governments can support journalism without controlling it.

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ISBN: 9781967190249
ebook ISBN: 9781967190256
On Sale: April 20, 2027
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Overview

Across the United States, local news is collapsing, trust is eroding, and public media is under political attack. Yet democracies cannot survive without reliable information. In News for Free, journalist and press-freedom advocate Joel Simon travels from New Hampshire and Texas to Denmark, South Korea, and beyond, asking whether governments can support journalism without controlling it.

Drawing on vivid reporting, history, and urgent debates over technology and artificial intelligence, Simon shows why public media remains both vulnerable and indispensable—and proposes a new model for independent, publicly supported journalism capable of strengthening civic life in a fractured age.

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“In this book, Joel Simon—a renowned fighter for press freedom—turns his attention to government policy and support for journalism. News for Free is an inspiring and thoughtful look at examples of public media around the world and the important contributions that the supply of quality information can make to public knowledge, social cohesion and Democracy as well as the dangers of capture.” Dr. Anya Schiffrin, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

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About the Author

Joel Simon is the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York. A former fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, he served for fifteen years as executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. He is the author of four books, including The Infodemic: How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free and We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom, both published by Columbia Global Reports.