(20 ILCS 4108/5)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)

Sec. 5. Establishment. The Local Journalism Task Force is established to:

(1) conduct a comprehensive, nonbinding study relative to communities underserved by local journalism in Illinois; and

(2) review all aspects of local journalism including, but not limited to, the adequacy of press coverage of communities, the ratio of residents to media outlets, the history of local news in Illinois, print and digital business models for media outlets, the impact of social media on local news, strategies to improve local news access, and public policy solutions to improve the sustainability of local press business models and private and nonprofit solutions.

(Source: P.A. 102-569, eff. 1-1-22.)