Hearing: The Future of Journalism

Carr is all for journalists swarming the Hill, especially now that about half of the reporters who used to work there are gone, potentially leaving much of government to its own devices.

On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held a hearing on The Future of Journalism. Subcommittee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) said the US government could provide tax breaks for newspapers or allow them to operate as nonprofits to help the struggling business survive.

The Senate Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet will hold a hearing Wednesday on the future of journalism. Witness now available.

Circle May 6 as the afternoon Sen John Kerry (D-MA) will chair a subcommittee hearing on the future of journalism and the "issues that threaten today's news media." "The history of our Republic is inextricably linked to the narrative of our free and independent press," he said in announcing the hearing.

Sen John Kerry (D-MA) will hold hearings in Washington next week on the financial problems facing the newspaper industry, as dwindling advertising dollars push many US papers to the brink of closure.