This article was originally published on Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative website and is republished here with permission. Less than a third of Americans believe that local news ...

September 14, 2023; Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition of public media organizations published Public Media and the Future of Local Journalism. The paper, endorsed by more than 120 leaders across ...

In the immediate aftermath of Congress' final vote last week to take back money from the public media system, local stations across the country launched emergency drives asking for help. To a large ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — In an era when newspaper staffs have dramatically shrunk nationwide, one veteran editor's insights reveal why the future of democracy might depend on understanding the difference ...

Pepper isn’t alone in his pursuit of trying to solve the puzzle of local media. Within the last five years, more than 300 news startups have emerged, according to Medill. About 80% of them have been ...

83% of executives from broadcast, newspapers and other local outlets surveyed by LMC believe digital ad revenue will increase or hold steady this year When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

In a four-part series, the co-authors of “The Growing Strength of Public Media Local Journalism” have excerpted their findings for the Current readership. In the report, the co-authors make the case ...

What would a local media system that prioritizes working and middle classes over corporate profits and the interests of billionaires look like? A new public policy agenda released this week has some ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Living in Las Vegas means I live and work where there are over 24,000 events, conventions and trade shows (bringing in 6.5 million ...

Cameron Childs’ parents own a beach house in Bethany Beach, Delaware. One day his wife and daughter, who are both Black, headed there for a vacation. Later that same day, Cameron told The Root, he ...

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