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  • Local journalism’s unique niche in the US
  • How Local News Reduces Loneliness
  • Science news blues

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csmonitor.com /1 week ago

Local journalism’s unique niche in the US

An emerging model of locally rooted nonprofit news outlets is helping meet Americans’ desire for information that’s reliable and relevant to their daily lives and communities.

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washingtonmonthly.com /4 weeks ago

How Local News Reduces Loneliness

One more reason rebuilding local news is vital. Academic re...

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isthmus.com /1 week ago

Science news blues

The hemorrhage of local journalists nationwide continues, according to the Local Journalist Index 2026, a project of Rebuilding Local News and Muck Rack.

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journalism.co.uk /2 weeks ago

'Local media is stuck in a rut of negativity about its hometown'

After being made redundant from his job at Kent Online, Rhys Griffiths launched a Substack local newsletter to appeal to ex-Londoners settling down on the Kentish coast

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realclearpolitics.com /3 weeks ago

How Local News Reduces Loneliness

Research suggests that whether it's an obituary, a puff piece, or news of a community event, local news makes us feel less alone.

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isthmus.com /1 month ago

Helping journalists find their power

Journalists are starting to advocate for solutions to the challenges facing local news. It can be a bit uncomfortable.

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qchron.com /5 days ago

Miami Local Unplugged Launches Independent Digital Publication and Podcast Dedicated to Community Journalism

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everlaw.com /1 month ago

Independent Journalism + Everlaw

Independent Journalism + Everlaw Journalism often tells stories on a human scale. A reporter talks to a few people about a specific...

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globalnews.ca /1 month ago

‘Lion’ of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver’s Langara College program faces end

Oksana Shtohryn was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a four-year course.

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lamag.com /1 month ago

The Future of New York City Journalism?

The credentialing of influencers behind a pro-Luigi Mangione account has fueled debate over who qualifies as “press” in New York City, and whether traditional journalistic standard...

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thespinoff.co.nz /1 month ago

Watchdog without a leash: How Queenstown’s Crux Media became a ‘one-man crusade’

The strange saga of New Zealand’s most controversial local news startup.  In April, RNZ confirmed something that Central Otago local news startup Crux Media had been reporting for...

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mirror.co.uk /1 month ago

DARREN LEWIS: 'Content journalism is on the rise to give a voice to the forgotten'

Talented exponents have stopped looking to national broadcasters for the help to amplify stories that quite simply isn’t going to come. They are doing it themselves.

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christiantoday.com /3 weeks ago

There’s a revolution taking place in local journalism – but churches could be missing out

If we want to get out the good news about what we’re doing, local newspapers are a good place to start.

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businessjournaldaily.com /2 weeks ago

Study: Loss of Local News Makes Taxpayers Poorer

By Marty SchladenStates Newsroom When local newspapers shut their doors and no reporters are there to watch school boards, city councils and county commissioners, taxes go up, acco...

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

How civic partnerships are powering local news: Lessons from El Tímpano’s playbook

Partnering with nonprofits and public agencies to reach underserved communities has become El Tímpano’s major revenue stream. Here’s how your newsroom can get started, what to watc...

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beloitdailynews.com /1 month ago

Bill Barth: For engaged (and, maybe, enraged) citizens

If the kind of journalism practiced at 60 Minutes — and plenty of lesser-known outlets in cities and towns across America — dies or becomes hopelessly flaccid, America will be weak...

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tonyskansascity.com /1 month ago

Example: KCUR Hopes Nextgen Reports Lure Donors & Audience

This report is dumb but that's not why we're sharing it . . .We want locals to check the plan of this local media organization that many hoped would replace The Kansas City Star. S...

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ncnewsline.com /2 weeks ago

WRAL-TV Documentary Producer Cristin Severance on news deserts and the future of local journalism

  News deserts. At first blush, it seems like strange term in an era in which most people are regularly inundated on their devices with boatloads of emails and other messages about...

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newsroom.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Journalism gets another visitor from right-field

MediaRoom: The Post gets the drop on NZME's right-wing investor in declaring its journa...

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lpm.org /1 month ago

LPM News clinches three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Local news on Kentucky that tackled data centers, government surveillance and civic knowledge won three prestigious awards.

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tonyskansascity.com /1 month ago

Kansas AG Kris Kobach Joins Fight To Save Local News

An important perspective from a local progressive writer offers the conservative lawman some well-deserved and begrudging respect . . . Here's the word: Read more at tonyskansascit...

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thenational.scot /1 month ago

Scottish journalism ‘in crisis’ as media body calls for local press funding

The organisation set up to promote and protect journalism in Scotland has asked Holyrood’s new minister with responsibility for the media to respond to a Westminster initiative to...

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eugeneweekly.com /4 weeks ago

EW Asks! Weigh In This Week.

Is Lane County a news desert? News sources have been hit hard locally and across the country but research from the University of Oregon’s Agora … Continue reading →

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journalism.co.uk /1 month ago

Journalism as a performance: Why journalists are trading bylines for stage time

Discover how reporters are opting for theatre halls to immerse audiences in stories of disaster and displacement

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