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The Civic Media Crisis and What Philanthropy Can Do

Stanford University (2017)
"Protecting the independent media and the public sphere presents an epic challenge, but there is great opportunity for philanthropy to step up and help." (Introduction)
1 Apply the Limited-Profit Limited Liability Company (L3C) corporate model to news organizations
2 Take philanthropically minded ownership of news entities
3 Fund experimentation with the creation of new types of news organizations
4 Endow existing news organizations or other types of civic media
5 Support the advancement of public discourse at all levels