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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MassLive has spun a small-market newspaper into a web traffic powerhouse
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News commentary Media Nation ·Is The Atlanta Journal-Constitution leaving print readers behind? Not necessarily, says its publisher.
News Poynter ·With public media under siege, High Plains Public Radio builds a blueprint to cover more rural news with fewer resources
News Nieman Lab ·Inescapable technology changes and a migrating audience have local broadcast news in trouble
News Poynter ·The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will dump print despite lagging on its ambitious digital goal
News commentary Media Nation ·Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says
News localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu ·Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
News NYT > Business > Media ·Does the decline of local news influence our politics? This former U.S. Senator thinks so
News Local News Initiative ·GOP-Friendly Local ‘News’ Broadcasters Plan More Harmful Mergers After Trump Destroys What’s Left Of Media Consolidation Limits
News commentary Techdirt ·Lack of Local News Tied to Government Secrecy, New Report Says
News Local News Initiative ·Noisy Creek, owner of alt-weeklies in Seattle and Portland, acquires the Chicago Reader
News Nieman Lab ·Rural Stations Seek Support in the Wake of Federal Cuts
News Nieman Reports ·A verdant news desert in Skamania County
News Local News Initiative ·resources
”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.”