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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Digital startups are a bright spot in the latest ‘State of Local News’ report, but rural areas are lagging
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News Media Nation ·Indiana University Fires Adviser to Student Newspaper and Bars Print Publication
News NYT > Business > Media ·Indiana University orders school paper to cease print edition and fires director of student media
News Newspapers & magazines | The Guardian ·Establishing a viable nonprofit newsroom
News RJI ·At Indiana University, the journalism school forgot what journalism is for
News commentary Poynter ·LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
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News Nieman Lab ·Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis
News release Poynter ·John and Kristen Muldoon are retiring from their nonprofit newspaper in Ipswich, Mass.
News Media Nation ·Ellen Clegg surveys how the Memphis media are covering Trump’s troop deployment
News Media Nation ·Chicago TV journalist pushed to ground and arrested during Ice raid
News Newspapers & magazines | The Guardian ·Shots fired: A local news desert leads to lack of crime reporting
News Facts and Frictions ·The Globe’s print circulation drops again, but it says paid digital ‘is thriving’
News Media Nation ·Local TV News Does Good
News Columbia Journalism Review ·Los Angeles Times Moves Closer to a Public Stock Offering
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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.”