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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Florida is trying to block a TV ad about a woman with cancer who got an abortion
News 19thnews.org ·Department of Health sends cease and desist letter to TV station over abortion ad
News floridapolitics.com ·Radio, text-only websites and dropped paywalls: How local news is helping Helene’s survivors
News Media Nation ·Nonprofit news orgs aim to fill the void left by Oregon's receding print publications
News www.kgw.com ·An Asheville-based journalist and Poynter faculty member describes Hurricane Helene’s aftermath
News Poynter ·A photojournalist reported on dozens of hurricanes over the years. Then Hurricane Helene flooded his home.
News Poynter ·Getting the news out following a climate disaster
News American Press Institute ·We Enlisted a Community to Help Us Report on One State’s Crumbling Schools. Here’s How You Can Do the Same.
News ProPublica ·Through widespread outages and collapsed infrastructure, North Carolina journalists hustle to cover Helene’s aftermath
News Poynter ·GBH News unveils a four-person equity and justice reporting network
News Media Nation ·Sophie Culpepper tells us about covering the local-news beat for Nieman Lab
News Media Nation ·Op-ed: A new, collaborative model for mapping the US local news landscape
News commentary Columbia Journalism Review ·The National Trust for Local News keeps buying local newspapers. Here’s what they’ve learned.
News Nieman Lab ·An Oregon paper was repeatedly denied public records. Its fight for transparency ended in a major victory.
News Poynter ·An ethical dilemma for The Boston Globe after the host of its TV newscast endorses Harris
News Media Nation ·All news is local: The Dorchester Reporter tears into Trump’s and Vance’s racist attacks
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”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.”