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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The shrinking state of local news
News American Press Institute ·The State of Local News 2024
News localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu ·The Chicago Tribune didn’t replace its retiring architecture critic. So he funded his own successor.
News Poynter ·The key decisions that saved the Boston Globe
News pressgazette.co.uk ·Press Forward announces $20 million to 205 local newsrooms
News Poynter ·Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms
News Nieman Lab ·Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom
News Nieman Lab ·Hell Gate NYC doubled its subscription revenue in its second year as a worker-owned news outlet
News Nieman Lab ·Influencer collaborations with local media will benefit journalism — and our communities
News commentary American Press Institute ·In Maine, a Republican candidate for the legislature is promoting weather conspiracies
News Media Nation ·A tipster warned of a ‘dysfunctional’ hire at a local police department. That was an underestimate.
News Poynter ·Local news can provide a ‘third space’ — and it makes financial sense. Here’s how we did it.
News American Press Institute ·The next drink is on us: how we invited our readers into the newsroom and lived to tell the tale
News American Press Institute ·Fossil Fuel Interests Are Working to Kill Solar in One Ohio County. The Hometown Newspaper Is Helping.
News ProPublica ·Use postcards and flyers around your election coverage
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.”