by Cheryl Leanza | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
UCC Media Justice is no stranger to standing up for accountability and localism in our media. Today, we are celebrating our allies in this fight: eight attorneys general and the company DirecTV, who secured a longer-lasting freeze on the Nextar/TEGNA merger. Chief...
by Cheryl Leanza | Feb 5, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, FCC Accountability, Featured, Media Concentration
As we start 2026, UCC Media Justice continues its long legacy of ensuring that local TV broadcasters serve their communities by joining with our allies to oppose the Nexstar/TEGNA merger. At a time when local and reliable sources of news and information are more...
by Cheryl Leanza | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
Combining two of the largest TV conglomerates into one company is bad for everyone. WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, December 31, a coalition of media-justice groups and labor unions petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to deny the merger of Nexstar Media Inc....
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 30, 2025 | Blog, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
Leaders of the media justice movement and the United Church of Christ gathered Thursday to honor the legacy of the late Rev. Everett Parker and re-inspire another generation of advocates working for a media landscape that is just, equitable and inclusive. Delivering...
by Cheryl Leanza | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog, Communications Justice for Incarcerated Persons, Featured
The FCC voted 2 to 1, over the eloquent and detailed dissent of Commissioner Gomez, to increase rates paid by incarcerated people their families and loved ones by even more than originally proposed. This change gives even more to greedy monopoly phone companies while...
