COVID-19 and the resulting recession hammered workers across the economy but few were harder hit than the journalists and other employees of the local news industry. The News Guild-CWA, the largest labor union of media workers, historically had stayed out of any public policy advocacy due to the unique role of the Fourth Estate. But this was different. News Guild President Jon Schleuss believed that with local journalists losing jobs, and projected revenue losses for newspapers topping 70% in 2020, the Guild had to ask Congress for funding to keep journalists employed. They reached out to us for help.

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