Leaders Take Notice

News media is a business. Unfortunately, as a business, it tends to focus on the entertainment value of the news, rather than the content value. This leaves taxpayers without an understanding of policy or government actions.

At the Franklin News Foundation - and our newswire The Center Square - we focus on the facts.

Perfecting the lost art of journalism, The Center Square serves fact-based statehouse reporting that puts the taxpayers first - above politics, above parties, and above political leaders.

And thanks to you, millions of readers are flocking to our coverage to find the state, local, and national issues that most impact them.

Elected officials are no exception.

Despite the harsh partisanship surrounding K-12 education, our coverage has received recognition from both Republican and Democrat leaders alike.

In May, Illinois Statehouse Representative Mary Beth Canty (D) shared The Center Square’s coverage of her legislation to implement full-day kindergarten.

In June, Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Kim Ward (R) posted The Center Square's coverage of the Lifeline Scholarship bill endorsed by rapper Meek Mill and 64 others.

Too many news-media outlets make a business of pandering to the political elite.

Partisan-minded outlets pick and choose which stories to publish (or which angle to publish) based on how it makes their preferred politicians look. The result is a mistrust of the media from all sides.

The Center Square isn’t in the business of pandering. Instead, our bipartisan credibility drives greater transparency between government and those it serves.

In August, The Center Square’s reporting gained the attention of the North Carolina Senate Majority Leader Paul Newton when he posted our coverage on statewide tax cuts. The following month, the North Carolina state treasurer’s office reached out to our staff and specifically asked that we write a story on the health care-related report they had released earlier that week.

Through nonpartisan, straight-news journalism, you and I are ensuring elected officials are beholden to not just their political party, but to all of their constituents: the everyday American taxpayers they serve.