From Facebook to Tribune, from Australia to the United States, there is so much news right

now about the health of the news economy, the news ecosystem.

And there are many signs of how unhealthy it can be.

There are daily stories about disinformation and polarization.

And there's a lot of ways that real news and local news can address some of those problems.

But what about all the recent headlines involving Alden taking over Tribune, local newspapers

being cut to the bone, Facebook and Google, feuding with publishers about whether to pay

for news, there's a whole lot going on.

So let's get into it on the podcast.

Let's cue the music.

This is our weekly reliable sources podcast, and I'm your host, Brian Stelter.

On this podcast, we go in depth with media leaders and newsmakers talking about how the

news gets made.

And there are so many news business stories to talk about right now.

I'm taping this on Thursday, February 18th.

There are headlines about Facebook blocking news articles in Australia, other headlines

about the Baltimore Sun being saved from a Vulture hedge fund, a lot going on.

And we're going to connect the dots now with Steve Waldman.

Steve is the president and co-founder of Report for America.

It's an initiative of the Ground Truth Project.

We've covered Report for America in the past, and we're going to get into what it's

doing both in the United States and around the world trying to restore and rebuild local

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