by Sara Cederberg | May 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
NCLC UCC Media Justice et al Lifeline comments_Final_May 4 2026 Click to open the PDF in your...
by Sara Cederberg | May 7, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Online Accountability, Open and Affordable Communications
AI systems already decide who gets a job interview, who qualifies for a loan, who gets flagged by police, and who gets cut off from government benefits. UCC Media Justice wrote about this in December when endorsing the AI Civil Rights Act. Without safeguards, this...
by Sara Cederberg | Apr 8, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Concentration, Media Diversity
We’ve been busy. On March 19, Nexstar closed its $6.2 billion acquisition of TEGNA within 15 minutes of receiving a staff-level FCC approval. No full Commission vote. No public hearing. No review of our detailed 143-page petition to deny. Fifteen minutes. The...
by Sara Cederberg | Mar 23, 2026 | Blog, Diverse and Accountable Media, Featured, Media Diversity
A lot of people are complaining about FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. We’re doing something about it. Earlier this year, we wrote about why this Nexstar/TEGNA merger is illegal and why it matters. We filed a formal petition to deny the merger with Free Press, Public...
by Sara Cederberg | Mar 10, 2026 | Blog, Featured, Parker Lecture, Parker Lectures
Mark your calendars for the 44th Annual Parker Lecture and Awards Luncheon on Thursday, September 10, 2026, at the First Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C.! New this year: we’re celebrating at lunchtime. We see parallels to the moment we find...
