Brier Dudley | The Seattle Times

Dan Pulcrano, CEO of California newspaper publishing company Weekys, recently revived the historic Healdsburg Tribune.

May 13, 2022 at 12:08 pm

California publisher saves newspaper shuttered by nonprofit | Brier Dudley

The surprising fate of a weekly newspaper in wine country is worth a closer look as America and Congress look to save the local, independent...

Front pages of Australian newspapers are displayed featuring stories about Facebook in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. In a surprise retaliatory move Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news stories, escalating a fight with the government over whether powerful tech companies should have to pay news organizations for content. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

May 11, 2022 at 2:16 pm

Free Press roundup: Facebook scheming detailed, local news shines in Pulitzers | Brier Dudley

Billionaires are going to extremes and punishing millions of innocent civilians to avoid paying for the commercial equivalent of a Netflix subscription.

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FILE – A Reserved for Media sign sits on a table in the Iowa Senate gallery during the opening day of the Iowa Legislature on Jan. 10, 2022, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. Utah’s state Senate passed rules this week limiting where the press can go to report in statehouses, marking the latest move by Republican state lawmakers departing from centuries-old traditions to make pandemic-era limits on access to chambers permanent. Rules governing where journalists can work vary across the nation’s 50 statehouses. But in states such as Utah, Kansas and Iowa, reporters accustomed to reporting from the floor of legislative chambers are being restricted to public galleries. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File) SLC101

May 4, 2022 at 3:53 pm

Free press roundup: 'Digital siege,' statehouse coverage and more | Opinion: Brier Dudley

Elected leaders urgently need to act on proposals in Congress to preserve a diversity of independent, local news sources.

Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., speaks as the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee holds a markup hearing to craft the Democrats’ Build Back Better Act, massive legislation that is a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA130 DCSA130

April 29, 2022 at 2:11 pm

Q&A: U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene on Big Tech, saving local news | Brier Dudley

The Medina Democrat says the next budget reconciliation package should include credits to help save local news outlets.

President Joe Biden speaks with reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Washington. Biden is en route to Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

April 22, 2022 at 7:01 am

Save free press to strengthen democracy, President Biden | Brier Dudley, Save the Free Press

If President Joe Biden wants to permanently make America more resilient, stronger and united, he needs to help save its endangered local, free press system,...