Local media
The hollowing out of the local news ecosystem has been well documented; in some communities, efforts are underway to reverse the growing news desert.
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News Nieman Lab ·How Rob Curley’s plan to take The Spokesman-Review nonprofit ended in a newsroom revolt
News Media Nation ·McClatchy Goes Mute
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News Nieman Reports ·California’s big local news bill becomes law
News Nieman Lab ·Northeastern local news project expands to five newsrooms, opens applications for innovation fellowships
News Storybench ·News consumers are wary of most AI use in local news, a Chicago-based report finds
News Nieman Lab ·Village Media Moves South
News Local News Initiative ·Canadians distrust government‑funded local news, but it might be the industry’s best bad option
News theconversation.com ·‘Many have said it couldn’t be done’: Local news site Lookout Santa Cruz is profitable thanks to ads and memberships
News Nieman Lab ·Possible final edition of Blade announced; company explores sale
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”Rebuild Local News is the leading nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition developing and advancing effective public policies designed to strengthen community news and information.”
We’re building a future for local news
“We make grants to nonprofit news organizations, partner with communities to launch new organizations, and coach leaders as they grow and sustain their newsrooms.”
“With local journalism in crisis, Northwestern University has assembled a team of experts in digital innovation, audience understanding and business strategy. The goal: reinvent the relationship between news organizations and audiences to elevate enterprises that empower citizens.”
“The Center coordinates statewide and regional reporting, connecting more than 300 local news and information providers through its flagship project, the NJ News Commons. The Commons helps partners to share content and encourages them to collaborate and support one another. The Center also conducts and publishes research on emerging ideas and best practices, focusing on local journalism, business models, and ecosystem mapping. The Center convenes national programs, including an annual national summit for journalism organizations to foster the conditions, ideas, and practices that lead to stronger collaborative journalism across the U.S. The Center’s annual reports offer a detailed history of programs and their impact.”
”We are social investors who support a more effective democracy by funding free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and the American cities and towns where the Knight brothers once published newspapers.”
“Report for America is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. It is structured to harness the skills and idealism of an emerging group of journalists plus the creative spirit of local news organizations.”
“We support local and community-based media through research, programs and products that foster healthy, responsive and resilient news organizations.”