Martin Gives Old College Try for Localism
By Kim McAvoy and Harry A. Jessell
TVNEWSDAY, Oct 1 2008, 8:08 AM ET
As a way for TV broadcasters to meet their localism obligations, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is proposing that they fund residency programs for recent journalism graduates that would cover state government news and produce investigative reports for them, according to broadcasters and others who have been briefed on the plan.
The bureaus or news teams would be organized with the help of colleges and universities and based in state capitals, the sources say. MORE
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