Houston Landing will shut down by May due to ‘financial challenges’ The Landing launched in June 2023 and has had a rocky two years, weathering unpopular staff firings and the loss of funders April 15, 2025 Angela Fu
Spokane’s Spokesman-Review is going nonprofit In joining a growing wave of nonprofit conversions, the family-owned paper aims to preserve community journalism — and keep it out of corporate hands April 15, 2025 Rick Edmonds
ProPublica didn’t just prove nonprofit journalism could work — it changed how investigative reporting is measured Launched in 2008, ProPublica pioneered a sustainable nonprofit newsroom model, proving that impact — not clicks — could drive funding for journalism March 24, 2025 Angela Fu
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
What went wrong at the National Trust for Local News? With a cofounder out as CEO, a big question looms: Is the novel idea of fighting news deserts by buying and remotely running local outlets flawed? February 6, 2025 Rick Edmonds
A rare newspaper war was brewing in Baltimore. Then a billionaire owner began meddling. News readers benefitted as the ascendant Banner forged its identity against the established Sun. A turbulent ownership change may spoil everything. January 13, 2025 Angela Fu
In Massachusetts towns haunted by ghost newspapers, startups are fighting to meet audience needs These towns don’t meet the definition of a news desert, but their legacy newspapers so hollowed out that they lack original local news reporting December 12, 2024 Mark Caro
