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PEN America Welcomes House Passage of the Build Back Better Act

Press ReleaseNovember 19, 2021

Build Back Better Act would boost local newsroom budgets More

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The PEN Pod: On NSO Group Accountability, Payroll Credit for Compensation of Local News Journalists, and Eliminating Facial Recognition Technology from Facebook

InterviewNovember 5, 2021

“People are unmoored in terms of where to get credible information, and local news really used to fill that void and be a kind of informational anchor for people.” More

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Keeping it Local: A Town Hall Series

Monday, June 21, 2021 – Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET
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[VIRTUAL] Keeping it Local: Where Does Pittsburgh Get Its News?

Thursday, June 24, 2021 | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
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