Local newspaper reporters who doggedly attend school board, planning commission and city council meetings and who scan police blotters and pore over …
The loss of local news
The demise of local news outlets across the U.S. is a crisis. Here, we share recent articles about the problem and how it can be addressed.

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In the summer of 2019, with a certain amount of trepidation, I attended a party at the Buffalo News, the daily newspaper serving my hometown of Buffalo and the surrounding region. It would be the first...
POTTSTOWN, Pa. — An essential worker drove his cluttered Toyota Corolla through the early spring emptiness, past a sign outside a closed parochial school asking people to pray. Time to bear witness in...
We found that while the (few) left-leaning sites prioritize statewide reporting, right-leaning sites are more focused on local reporting, indicating the potential for these sites to exacerbate polarization...
The hedge fund Chatham Asset Management reeled in its prize, as expected. But now what does it want to do with it? It lacked a good villain like Michael Ferro, and its conclusion was mostly foregone. along...
Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for the Washington Post, is out with a new book, “Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American …
Updated at 9:45 a.m. ET on July 20, 2020. In the summer of 1945, for 17 days, the newspaper deliverers of New York City went on strike. As hundreds of thousands of city residents found themselves temporarily...
Hoping to save local news outlets whose advertising revenues have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, the WGA East is supporting the Future of …
A regulatory "firewall" intended to protect Voice of America and its affiliated newsrooms from political interference in their journalism was swept aside late Monday night by the chief executive of the...
Listen and subscribe to ‘The Daily’ Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher Local news in America has long been widely trusted, and widely seen as objective. But as traditional local papers struggle, there...
During a recent visit to my parents’ house, I stole away our 10-year old son from his doting grandparents to take him on a walk around the …