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 ...

This week, many of us made lists of things we are grateful for. We offered thanks for our families, friends, our health, and for the little moments of comfort and calm that we find in what sometimes ...

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 ...

Approving the Nexstar/Tegna merger would upend the safeguards that protect local news, but that’s not the only cause for ...

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 ...