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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning journalism.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
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| 5 | | Journalism Task Force Act.
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| 6 | | Section 5. Establishment. The Local Journalism Task Force
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| 7 | | is established to:
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| 8 | | (1) conduct a comprehensive, nonbinding study relative
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| 9 | | to communities underserved by local journalism in
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| 10 | | Illinois; and |
| 11 | | (2) review all aspects of local journalism including,
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| 12 | | but not limited to, the adequacy of press coverage of
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| 13 | | communities, the ratio of residents to media outlets, the
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| 14 | | history of local news in Illinois, print and digital
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| 15 | | business models for media outlets, the impact of social
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| 16 | | media on local news, strategies to improve local news
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| 17 | | access, and public policy solutions to improve the
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| 18 | | sustainability of local press business models and private
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| 19 | | and nonprofit solutions.
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| 20 | | Section 10. Membership. The Task Force shall consist of
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| 21 | | the following 13 members:
one member of the House of
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| 22 | | Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of
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| 1 | | Representatives; one member of the House of Representatives |
| 2 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
| 3 | | Representatives; one member of the Senate appointed by
the |
| 4 | | President of the Senate; one member of the Senate appointed by |
| 5 | | the Minority Leader of the Senate; one member appointed by the
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| 6 | | Governor; one representative of the Medill School of
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| 7 | | Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at
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| 8 | | Northwestern University; one representative of the Public |
| 9 | | Affairs Reporting Program at the
University of
Illinois at |
| 10 | | Springfield; one representative of the School
of Journalism at |
| 11 | | Southern Illinois University Carbondale; one
representative of |
| 12 | | the Illinois Press Association; one representative of the
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| 13 | | Illinois Broadcasters Association; one representative of the |
| 14 | | Illinois
Legislative Correspondents Association; one |
| 15 | | representative of the Illinois Public Broadcasting Council; |
| 16 | | one representative of the Illinois News Broadcasters |
| 17 | | Association; one representative of the University of Illinois |
| 18 | | at Urbana-Champaign; and one representative of the
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| 19 | | Municipal League. Appointments shall be made no later
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| 20 | | days following the effective date of this Act.
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| 21 | | Section 15. Meetings. The Task Force shall meet a minimum
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| 22 | | of 5 times to review, study, and analyze existing literature |
| 23 | | as
well as quantitative and qualitative data on the status of
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| 24 | | journalism in the State of Illinois.
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| 1 | | Section 20. Support. The Department of Commerce and
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| 2 | | Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative and other
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| 3 | | support to the Task Force.
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| 4 | | Section 25. Findings and recommendations. The Task Force
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| 5 | | shall submit its findings, along with its recommendations for
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| 6 | | legislation, to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
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| 7 | | than one year after the effective date of this Act.
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| 8 | | Section 30. Repeal. This Act is repealed 2 years after the
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| 9 | | effective date of this Act.
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