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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Beyond pageviews: Small news nonprofits develop their own metrics to measure impact
News Nieman Lab ·Use historical records to deepen community coverage and find new revenue streams
News American Press Institute ·Small-Town Newspapers Are Dying Because No One Wants to Run Them
News Columbia Journalism Review ·Medill will launch hub to provide services to Chicago news outlets and continue programs to strengthen local news
News release Editor and Publisher ·AI Progress Report
News Local News Initiative ·Make learning flexible
News American Press Institute ·The Worcester Guardian lands a $100,000 grant, its largest one-time gift to date
News Media Nation ·When Local Newspapers Die, Corruption Festers
News Columbia Journalism Review ·Center for Community News documents rapid growth of student statehouse reporting programs at U.S. colleges
News Editor and Publisher ·Turning a small-town newspaper into a community hub
News Editor and Publisher ·From broadcaster to backbone: How public media can evolve by powering the hyperlocal future
News commentary Current ·Newspaper’s lawsuit prompts Indiana school board to adopt transparency reforms
News Editor and Publisher ·Q&A: Press Forward’s Texas chapter is betting big on rural and local news
News Editor and Publisher ·Public media on the line
News commentary American Press Institute ·If Trump cuts funding to NPR and PBS, rural America will pay a devastating price
News commentary Media | The Guardian ·Journalism without an audience is just creative writing
News commentary Editor and Publisher ·Analyzing news and information landscapes from the ground up
News analysis Columbia Journalism Review ·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.”