Commissioned by Democracy Fund and written by journalism-support veterans Anika Anand and Darryl Holliday, this piece draws on practitioner reflection and feedback — rather than a formal research study — to argue for investing in shared “journalism support organizations” that provide training, legal, technical, and other infrastructure to newsrooms, not just funding individual outlets. It concludes that sustaining healthy local news ecosystems requires greater coordination and collaboration among funders, newsrooms, and the organizations that support them.