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Understanding Media Markets | Local News Initiative
Medill is analyzing data from a variety of media markets in a project to correlate local news consumption with other demographic factors in those areas. Each...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/11/21/local-news-startups-seek-sustainability/index.html
Sustainable Startups | Local News Initiative
Bob Gough has worked in local news nearly his entire life, and he knows this: Everybody wants to see their kid or grandkid in the paper.
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/research/state-of-local-news/2022/report/
The State of Local News | Local News Initiative
See new findings on where news deserts are occurring, how business models are shifting and what needs to be done to rebuild and sustain local journalism.
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/01/18/saving-community-journalism-abernathy/index.html
Saving Community Journalism: The Path Ahead | Local News Initiative
A good newspaper is an anchor in a community. It reminds a community every day of its collective identity, the stake we have in one another, and the lessons of...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/research/state-of-local-news/2022/saving-local-news/
Saving Local News | Local News Initiative
As technology and economic change continue to undermine the for-profit business model that sustained local journalism for decades, the need is ongoing to...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2022/07/27/frequency-state-of-local-news/index.html
The Future of the Daily Newspaper | Local News Initiative
Phillip Reid and his wife Jeanne Ann publish 10 printed newspapers across Oklahoma and operate two printing plants in the state. When a transportation crunch...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/01/30/ellen-clegg-dan-kennedy-q-and-a/index.html
Finding ‘What Works’ | Local News Initiative
Ellen Clegg and Dan Kennedy brought much hands-on experience and perspective to their quest to find, as their new book puts it, “What Works in Community News.”
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/research/state-of-local-news/research-insights/2024-01-18-danilo-yanich/
Research Insights: Danilo Yanich | Local News Initiative
Danilo Yanich is seeing double in his research into the impact of media ownership and consolidation on local television news. Given that local TV news thrives...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/people/brier-dudley/
Brier Dudley | Local News Initiative
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/11/17/newsletter-shift-local-news/index.html
Email over algorithms: how newsrooms are reclaiming their audiences | Local News Initiative
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 for the San Antonio...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/12/12/massachusetts-local-news-startups-replace-ghost-papers/index.html
Haunted By Ghost Papers | Local News Initiative
PLYMOUTH, Mass. – Mark Pothier was wrapping up the young-adult phase of his music career, including a 1983 stint as keyboardist for the then-synthy band...
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https://www.nenpa.com/libraries-and-local-news-initiative/
ULC launches Libraries and Local News Initiative to support collaborations between public libraries...
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Q&A | Local News Initiative
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Local News Initiative - Grist | Grist
Mar 24, 2026 - At Grist, we believe the messenger matters just as much as the message. That’s why we created our Local News Initiative. This program embeds Grist journalists...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2024/report/
The State of Local News | Local News Initiative
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2023/12/12/public-support-for-journalism/index.html
Tipping Point for Public Support? | Local News Initiative
When Identidad Latina launched in 2001, it was a free biweekly newspaper with a circulation of about 10,000 that covered Hartford and the surrounding areas for...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2026/03/31/informal-news-networks-journalism-design-lab/index.html
Going Underground | Local News Initiative
Over the course of human history, write Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel in “The Elements of Journalism,” the spread of news and information was quite basic.
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https://mije.org/the-california-propel-local-news-initiative/
The California Propel Local News Initiative - The Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
Mar 23, 2026 - The Propel Initiative is an effort to strengthen California’s media ecosystem, ensuring sustainability of local public service journalism...
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https://www.theajp.org/news-insights/announcements/tulsa-media-and-community-leaders-join-forces-to-launch-14-million-nonprofit-local-news-initiative/
Tulsa media and community leaders join forces to launch $14 million nonprofit local news initiative...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2022/08/11/digital-news-business-models/index.html
A Tale of Two Digital Sites | Local News Initiative
Two local news sites – one a senior citizen in digital years, the other a relative youngster – represent both the opportunities and challenges confronting...
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https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2023/report/
The State of Local News | Local News Initiative
Executive Summary Introduction Newspapers Digital Public Broadcasting Ethnic Media The Possibilities for Reviving Local News Executive Summary There was both...
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