Student journalists are doing the work many newsrooms canโt afford A growing movement has students covering towns their local papers can no longer reach April 10, 2025 Mark Caro
Opinion | I learned my hometown paper died from Facebook. Thatโs the future weโre facing When the Cortland Standard shut down, I heard about it through the online rumor mill. The real loss? A generation of journalists โ and journalism. March 20, 2025 Nicholas Reynolds
In a nation of news deserts, are there news rainforests, too? If so, where? Even idealistic digital startups tend to head where the money is. March 4, 2025 Rick Edmonds
In Americaโs news deserts, Metaโs retreat from fact-checking severs a last link to fact-based news Meta's policy reversal and increase in political content could mean more misinformation for communities lacking local news January 23, 2025 Mark Caro
The news desert problem continues to worsen with little relief in sight A new Medill study estimates that an eye-popping 7,000 newspaper jobs โ about a third of them in newsrooms โ were lost in 2023 October 23, 2024 Rick Edmonds
Study shows lack of trust among Hispanics in local English-language news organizations The study focused on the Raleigh-Durham community and specifically sought to discover what barriers non-English speakers face in accessing news. May 15, 2024 Chloe Nguyen
Topography of a news ecosystem: A first-of-its-kind study diagnoses the local news crisis in a single state Media scholars at the University of Maryland documented the spread of local news dead spots โ and unexpected vibrant areas โ in that state. April 19, 2024 Christopher Hanson
Two new books are essential reading for anyone considering a news startup One tells the stories of entrepreneurs taking the plunge. The other focuses on the tools, techniques and trends across an evolving media landscape April 16, 2024 Bill Mitchell
Opinion | Is local news access tied to how much money you make? A new report identifies the disparity between the haves and have-nots for local journalism โ and household income plays a big role. February 22, 2024 Tom Jones
Opinion | Some of the biggest victims of news deserts are conservative voters in conservative counties Strengthening local news would have broad civic benefits and could lead to happier, healthier communities, whether red, purple or blue. December 7, 2023 Steven Waldman
Opinion | On the front lines of the local news crisis, a lot of pain but some reason for hope Growing news deserts are leaving far too many people without a trusted source of information. But thereโs also been positive news lately. November 28, 2023 Kim Kleman
US lost more than two local newspapers a week this year, new Medill report finds Over half of counties in the US now have just one or no local news outlets November 16, 2023 Angela Fu
Press Forward announces goal to โraise the next $500 million at the local levelโ So far, local chapters have been announced in Alaska, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas and Philadelphia November 3, 2023 Kristen Hare
An illustrated guide to โpink slimeโ journalism These low-effort websites fill the vacuum where real local news used to be. October 5, 2023 Annie Aguiar
Opinion | A century-old publication goes dark in West Virginia As the weekly Welch News shuts its doors, a coal county struggles to fulfill basic community tasks, the AP writes. July 28, 2023 Amaris Castillo
