Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editor Kevin Riley will represent his newspaper, the city and the interest of print, online and local publications across the country as one of a number of people testifying before a congressional subcommittee on Tuesday.
Riley and others will be on Capitol Hill in support of the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.
The bill, H.R. 2054, was introduced by U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) for himself, U.S Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and U.S Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D.-CA.) in April after having been formally introduced last year. Cicilline was then a minority member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law. Now he’s the Subcommittee Chair.
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