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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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Announces It Will Cease Operations
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News Media Nation ·Minnesota Star Tribune closes Minneapolis printing plant as staff reflect on the end of an era
News startribune.com ·An obituary for the AJC’s print edition, from its legendary obituary writer
News atlantamagazine.com ·Reflections on a life in print: My four-decade journey with the AJC
News commentary ajc.com ·End of newspaper JOA heralds new era of competition in Detroit
News eu.detroitnews.com ·Linda Henry aims to deepen the Globe’s neighborhood coverage and expand in New England
News Media Nation ·Founding editor Marc Levy has left Cambridge Day, the news outlet he launched in 2009
News Media Nation ·Collective Wisdom: Engaging neighborhoods
News American Press Institute ·Troubled local news outlets face a new risk: climate change
News Local News Initiative ·The non-journalists doing journalism in our communities
News American Press Institute ·Placemaking will become a priority (again) for local/regional media
News Nieman Lab ·Looking back at how once-and-future editor Brian McGrory recruited John Henry to buy The Boston Globe
News Media Nation ·A civic revival begins locally
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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.”