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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In a village without a newspaper, a small digital outlet is keeping tabs and asking questions
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News commentary Nieman Lab ·Oregon newspapers close, Dallas paper rejects Alden bid
News commentary Local News Initiative ·The LA Times’s owner wants to take the struggling paper public. Will it work?
News commentary Media | The Guardian ·A N.H. tale of ownership gone bad may have more to do with the failure of market economics
News Media Nation ·When local media steps up...
News view.newsletters.cnn.com ·Michigan Station Gives Neighborhood Reporting a Try
News Adweek ·A Muzzle update from Vermont; plus, the Dallas sale, the Globe, WBZ-TV layoffs and Gannett’s AI-driven cuts
News Media Nation ·Alden Global Capital fails in its attempt to get its tentacles on The Dallas Morning News
News Nieman Lab ·How the Kyiv Independent reached 20,000 paying members — with no paywall
News Audience & Social – Nieman Lab ·Hitting Reset After Months of Turbulence, the National Trust for Local News Seeks Stability
News Local News Initiative ·Throw a party to celebrate civic pride
News American Press Institute ·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.”