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 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...
by Sara Cederberg | Feb 17, 2026 | Blog, Press Release
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., civil rights leader, two-time presidential candidate, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, died on February 17, 2026. He was 84. Rev. Jackson was a longtime ally of UCC Media Justice and delivered the 30th Annual Everett C. Parker...
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...
