Are News Vouchers Incoming? Plus, Takeaways From the Wilson Transition Team Report
Today on the show, Jane is joined by contributors Marcus Harrison Green and Lex Vaughn to break down what the recently released Wilson Transition Team report tells them about our city’s political focus. Then they get into what’s missing from the report – hint, it has to do with local journalism. And they discuss Katie Wilson’s previous proposal of a news voucher program, which would be similar to our current democracy vouchers, and Marcus hints that a new proposal might be incoming. Finally, Marcus, Lex, and Jane give their weekend recs.
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