Interviews with reporters funded by the government’s Local Journalism Initiative reveal no evidence of political interference but clear examples of pressure from advertisers.
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When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
The new sitcom ‘The Paper’ highlights the challenges of local journalism at a moment when real-world newsrooms are vanishing across North America.
Underground reporters could be among the last bulwarks against unchecked power.
The crisis facing local journalism is playing out the world over. A new report charts what other countries are doing in response and what Australia can learn.
News about the news used to be commonplace, but as news organizations have vanished, so has this type of reporting.
As community foundations across Canada have realized, local news is crucial for democracy. They’re supporting local journalism in new ways.
When American readers follow local news, it can help reduce political polarization and also make them more likely to vote in local elections.
Public media can’t replace everything that’s been lost during journalism’s economic crisis. But it has plugged some major holes, particularly at the local level.
As local news outlets continue to close across the country, people’s news sources keep evolving.
Under the News Media Assistance Program, media outlets are receiving a funding boost. Some money will flow to community broadcasting - but not enough.
Once a key source of information and a training ground for young journalists, community newspapers are now an endangered species. It’s bad news for the news industry – but even worse for the public.
As digital news pioneers observed, ‘local doesn’t scale.’ Any solution to the local news crisis is going to involve reporters and editors who are creative and smart about what works for their readers.
The number of nonprofit news outlets is holding steady as they go out of business just as fast as they are founded.
How can an industry experiencing systemic failure get back on its feet?
There are lots of ideas about how to save local news. One of them is that increasing coverage of local politics will bring back readers and viewers. Research shows that it doesn’t.
A Manchester-based local news company is turning heads and attracting a new readership.
Where regular reporters have disappeared, university-led statehouse reporting programs have stepped in.
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.
Local media ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business and offers benefits to communities by increasing voter turnout, reducing polarization and saving communities money.
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Professor emerita/adjunct professor, School of Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Concordia University
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Manager, Colorado College Journalism Institute, Colorado College
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C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy and Political Economy, University of Pennsylvania
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Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Lecturer in Journalism, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Elon University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
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Principal Lecture in Journalism, Coventry University
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Associate professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Dean and Professor, School of Journalism and New Media, University of Mississippi
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Senior Lecturer of Geography and Founder of the Center of Community News, University of Vermont
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Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications & Professor of Telecommunications, Penn State