We have

Casey, Tracy, and Tracy among the panelists.

We're the Tracy Bs.

I know it's a friendly crowd, but it still doesn't mean I'm not nervous.

About three years ago, MacArthur Foundation and the Knight Foundation out of Miami launched the Press Forward movement after much traveling across the country by many of their staffers to make it happen.

And the dream is to help save local news, innovate, create a more sustainable local ecosystem across the country.

There are now 48 Press Forward chapters across 36 states.

It seems basic, but I think it's important grounding of why does local news matter and what happens to communities when they don't have adequate local news.