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Dan’s Blog

10/7 – This is today’s blog post.

WHY?

Local news is in crisis. Many communities in the Hudson Valley have lost their news coverage, and the publishers that remain in the Valley are under severe strain. These vital community resources – local newspapers, reporters, editors, photographers, columnists - are in danger of disappearing forever.

WHAT?

The Hudson Valley News Alliance (HVNA) is a concerted, collective effort to keep local news reporting healthy and growing in the Hudson Valley. By fostering collaboration and leveraging philanthropy, the HVNA will strengthen independent newsrooms and publications with programs and initiatives no single publisher could feasibly do on their own.

HOW?

Local newsrooms are now essentially public services, yet most are still organized as for-profit businesses. This structure prevents them from accessing many sources of philanthropic and foundational support. HVNA was conceived to operate as a bridge between non-profit givers and the dozens of local, for-profit newsrooms in the area.