Freshly printed newspapers. Stock photo from Getty Images. It’s hardly news that local coverage in Ohio’s cities and towns isn’t what it once was. A new analysis shows that it’s been devastated in ...

It’s hard not to root for the National Trust for Local News. Prior to founding the Trust, as a researcher at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Hansen Shapiro ...

Local news informs our communities, connects neighbors and helps us find common ground. With good, reliable local news sources, we learn what’s happening in Broward County schools, stay informed about ...

Chuck Todd (right), former host of NBC's "Meet the Press" is a proponent of local journalism. He discussed its importance with contributing columnist William McKenzie and Andrew Kaufmann on a recent ...

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today announced $1.25 million in new funding from Press Forward, a national initiative to reimagine local news. With this grant, the Reporters ...

This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. In April 2024, the Local News Initiative, in conjunction with ...

Earlier this month, Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism released its 2025 “The State of Local News Report.” The writers presented the 2025 numbers within the context of the trends they’ve ...

Jennifer Hoewe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...