Former Google chairman donates $4.7M to NPR to develop regional newsrooms

The family of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt donated $4.7 million to NPR newsrooms in the Midwest and California as the economic fallout from the pandemic wreaks havoc on the local news industry.”Now more than ever, we depend on high-quality journalism for timely and critical information,” Eric Schmidt’s wife, Wendy Schmidt, said in a statement to NPR. “Local news is especially important, and with so many newsrooms in decline, we need to…