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 American Press Institute ·When a community learns to tell its own stories, we all benefit
News American Press Institute ·4 ways to partner with community expertise and talent to strengthen local journalism
News American Press Institute ·Use poetry to share hope and convene journalists and community members
News American Press Institute ·BBJ: Newly named Globe editor Brian McGrory tells students he’ll return to BU no later than 2027
News Media Nation ·Boston Globe Media CEO Linda Henry hails departing editor Nancy Barnes
News Media Nation ·Nancy Barnes, The Boston Globe’s first female editor, will step down at the end of next week
News Media Nation ·‘Beat the Press’ hits Substack. Plus, Somerville news blues, and DigBoston co-founder Jeff Lawrence dies.
News Media Nation ·Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS
News NYT > Business > Media ·19 conferences, one spreadsheet and zero pitches: A look at LOOKOUT’s fundraising success
News RJI ·Student journalists rise to an unprecedented challenge
News Nieman Lab ·The Globe’s paid digital circulation has stopped growing, according to newly revealed numbers
News Media Nation ·We’ll finally see new forms of financing for local news
News Nieman Lab ·Chris Fitzsimon tells us how States Newsroom has built a nationwide statehouse news network
News Media Nation ·New streaming channel launches to give viewers a peek into city council meetings
News techcrunch.com ·CPB awards $4 million to expand rural reporting
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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.”