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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Paddock closes at least 13 Illinois newspapers, adding five new news deserts
News Local News Initiative ·How an Alaska news nonprofit bought the local newspaper it was founded to compete with
News Nieman Lab ·The Centre Daily Times unionizes after backlash to McClatchy’s AI tool
News Audience & Social – Nieman Lab ·A deal is reached to save public TV in New Jersey — and perhaps to save NJ Spotlight News as well
News Media Nation ·(The) Public(‘s) Media: The New Jersey Model
News BuzzMachine ·A coming seismic shift at The Minnesota Star Tribune as its owner seeks a nonprofit partner
News Media Nation ·NOTUS Cannot Be ‘The Star’: Judge Blocks D.C. News Outlet’s Rebranding
News NYT > Business > Media ·With Monitor Local, The Maine Monitor expands to civic news — written by local residents — for rural counties
News Nieman Lab ·Starry-eyed in DC: Two entrepreneurs will compete against the diminished Washington Post
News Media Nation ·A battle of the Stars looms in D.C.’s shifting media scene
News Nieman Lab ·Two Papers Named ‘Star’ Will Duel in D.C. to Win Readers From The Washington Post
News NYT > Business > Media ·Ron Mitchell tells us how The Bay State Banner is serving Greater Boston’s communities of color
News Media Nation ·‘Your News, in Your Language’: How Khabar Lahariya, a Women-Run News Platform, Brought Hyperlocal Journalism to Rural India
News Nieman Reports ·How Indy newsrooms are using AI
News Poynter ·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.”