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.
The Latest
The New York Times will launch a local newsletter pilot in the Twin Cities next month
News Nieman Lab ·Welcome to Hell
News Columbia Journalism Review ·A Cross Section of Illinois News Entities Get $4.3 Million from State
News Local News Initiative ·Rebuild Local News’ Matt Pearce is trying to help journalists and lawmakers speak the same language
News Nieman Lab ·The Daily Herald Deal
News Local News Initiative ·A News Site Published a Video of a School Lockdown. Then The Video Was Gone.
News The New York Times ·A year after the public media apocalypse, Boston’s two major outlets are holding their own
News Media Nation ·A quiet shift in how Americans perceive local news
News Audience & Social – Nieman Lab ·3 organizational habits that make impact easier to see, strengthen and communicate
News American Press Institute ·Which Americans are most likely to have spoken with a local journalist?
News Pew Research Center ·Is going non-profit the future of local newspapers?
News npr.org ·Emily Sweeney tells us how she uses social video to help The Boston Globe reach new audiences
News Media Nation ·Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Payment Problems
News Status ·Raises for everyone, Susan Goldberg tells GBH employees in an upbeat end-of-the-fiscal-year message
News Media Nation ·The Washington Outlet NOTUS Won’t Be ‘The Star’ After All
News nytimes.com ·States with less local news have higher rates of loneliness
News niemanlab.org ·How rural weeklies in Missouri are covering arts and culture
News rjionline.org ·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.”