Rebuild Local News is a nonpartisan organization that advances public policies to counter the collapse of local news, revitalize community journalism, and strengthen democracy. The groups that came together to form this coalition represent a broad swath of the field — rural weeklies and historic Black newspapers, for-profits and nonprofits, publishers and labor unions, and many others. The groups in this alliance represent more than 3,000 local newsrooms, with a special emphasis on medium and small players. We came together out of a conviction that the local news collapse represents a severe crisis for communities and for democracy. The shortage of local reporting leads to more corruption, waste, pollution, injustice, ineffective government, lower voter turnout, and even bond ratings. Just as important, it helps exacerbate polarization and the fraying of communities. We are convinced that while public policy is not the only piece of the puzzle it absolutely can and must play an important role.