I don’t think that’s going to help anything. US public schools are terrible at managing budgets. More money isn’t going to fix anything.

Propping up journalism with taxpayer money just leads to State capture. It essentially guarantees more propagandistic journalism than even today.

This is an awful idea.

Paying more taxes never fixes anything, how shitty does California need to get before you socialists figure it out?

Why is the solution always more taxes? Nope, bad idea.

How about making it easier and less taxing/bureaucratic for new companies to get formed, smaller companies that would not have existed in the current environment because of all the regulation, and compete with the big corporations, innovating in marketing and displacing online advertising?

Sounds like a good idea (not familiar with the details)

Couldn't read the full article, but advertising was supposed to pay for journalism already (ie. the basic business model) — doing it through the government seems like an unnecessary and cost-ineffective step? Also personally (as a journalist), I don't really believe in journalism school. It's definitely a skill best learned on the job. (Writing is another matter, I believe writers do benefit from a school or school-like programme to workshop etc. but I digress, as writing is just one part of journalism.)