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All in on high school sports At the Minnesota Star Tribune, an investment decades in the making takes shape
There’s no shortage of reasons why Chris Carr loves high school sports — the community, the joy and the camaraderie, among them. For 25 years, ...
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The Media Ecosystem Chicago A deep dive into the Windy City’s innovative and expansive media landscape
This text was adapted from our report on the Chicago Media Ecosystem. Download a full PDF version of the report. In early 2025, Project C, ...
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With no local news, those in news deserts turn to social media feeds, influencers and gossip Medill Local News Initiative survey shows America’s fraying relationship to reliable information.
Roughly half of people in news deserts relied on non-journalistic sources, not news organizations More than 200 news desert counties in the U.S. predominantly located ...
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Alden Global Capital makes push to buy Daily Herald in Chicago suburbs Full-page ad argues investment firm will pay the highest price
Alden Global Capital, the private equity fund that owns the Chicago Tribune and more than 160 other newspapers across the United States, wants to add ...
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Washington newspapers saved at last minute, ‘a small miracle’
It took a few weeks but a Christmas miracle is coming true near the Canadian border, in Washington’s Whatcom County. The Northern Light, a weekly ...
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Los Angeles’ local news experiment New startup looks to combine old-school and new-school journalism
On Sunday, L.A. Reported launched as the latest startup in the country’s second-largest city. The organization was founded by Scott Woolley, formerly Forbes’ West Coast bureau ...
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Pittsburgh’s next steps How the Post-Gazette’s closure could impact the local media landscape
In May, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette — founded three years before George Washington became the first president of the United States — will cease operations. The ...
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Newspaper family saves Oregon paper
Saving local journalism isn’t always straightforward, as a turnabout in Oregon demonstrates. Two newspapers in Linn County just about failed after they were sold to ...
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Turning Back the Clock At Newsday on Long Island, a nostalgia beat brings massive traffic
In another era, Long Islanders fell asleep hearing the frantic commercials for Crazy Eddie (“His prices are insane!”) and the dry humor from Coronet’s Furniture (“No talking ...
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Troubled local news outlets face a new risk: climate change New research identifies the U.S. communities facing the double jeopardy of climate disaster and a lack of news sources.
KCHU, the public radio station in Valdez, Alaska, is used to living on the edge. For two months, its AM transmitter leaned precariously over the ...
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When federal might meets local resistance Chicago is case study in using solutions journalism for rapid response coverage of ICE enforcement nationally
A palpable tension mixed with anticipation filled Chicago-area newsrooms this fall when journalists found themselves suddenly pressed into the service of covering the White House’s ...
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Rapidly Expanding Local News Networks Nonprofit and for-profit news networks are expanding local news in places that need it
When Michael Shapiro started TAPinto, you couldn’t miss him around town. He was president of the Rotary Club, on the board of the chamber of ...
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Email over algorithms: how newsrooms are reclaiming their audiences
It was big NBA news when the San Antonio Spurs signed a $229 million contract extension with star point guard De’Aaron Fox this summer. But ...
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Paths to sustainability New LION report says local news organizations need to focus more on business side
News organizations with staff focused on revenue generation had a median revenue 700% higher than news outlets without it, according to a report released by Local Independent ...
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Baltimore bucks the trend Local outlets are withering across the country – but not in Charm City
The appointment of a new inspector general isn’t typically the sexiest local-news topic, but it may have been the hottest story going this summer in ...
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Northwest publishers avoiding consolidation or closure, maintaining independence As independent newspapers shutter across the U.S., a handful of Northwest publishers defy the trend.
Publisher Les Zaitz spent three years trying to save his pride and joy. His Malheur Enterprise weekly newspaper on Oregon’s eastern border had an acclaimed ...
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With news creators and influencers on the rise, what’s next for local news? ‘It’s just much more approachable’
Jonah Fialkow has never considered himself to be a sports journalist. He sells beer and hot dogs as a vendor at Wrigley Field, the home ...
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Keeping Voices from Vanishing Public radio, long a lifeline, is at risk in Alaska and rural areas around the country
In the remote Arctic town of Kotzebue, Alaska, some residents still talk about the Dairy Queen that closed several years ago. They also talk about what’s at risk ...
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Illinois Press Association CEO Resigns After Dispute Over ICE Lawsuit
The CEO of the Illinois Press Association, who had joined a lawsuit against the Trump administration for actions toward journalists outside a Chicago-area ICE facility, ...
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The Marvel in Mullen Gerri Peterson’s Nebraska Paper Bucks the Trend in Rural America, Finds Pathway to Success
Try searching the McDonald’s website for the restaurant closest to zip code 69152, and you’ll receive an apology: no restaurants in that area. Try the ...