When your town, city or county has a local news outlet, the benefit ripples through the entire community. You have a defender who cares about where you live and work, from reports about the content of ...

The How to Tell Your Founder Story panel during Silicon Prairie Startup Week 2025. From left, Daisy Hutzell-Rodman, Doug Meigs, Erin Sullivan and Ben Doody. Photo by Ben Goeser/Silicon Prairie News ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– For the first time this summer, 20 student journalists from SUNY schools around the state, took part in an internship program helping local news outlets cover stories. “When you ...

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 ...

The list of troubles facing local news operations seems to go on forever. The rise in big box stores and ecommerce has made local newspaper retail advertising almost superfluous. The long-term decline ...

The 2025 Medill State of Local News Report, produced by the Medill School of Journalism’s Local News Initiative, revealed a continued dramatic decline in local newspapers, with 136 outlets ...

The report, now in its 10th year, draws on two decades of data, starting with 2005. It tracks 8,000 American local news outlets, including more than 5,400 newspapers, almost 700 standalone digital ...

A copyright battle looms with media businesses suing AI companies over the use of news content. While some publishers are pushing for deals to monetise content, local news producers face greater ...

Discover how community foundations across the country are stepping up to support local news and information, ensuring strong and vibrant communities.

As Gov. Spencer Cox considers how to alleviate the harms of social media, he might mull a surprising idea from an unusual quarter. Pope Francis argued that good journalism, of all things, could “help ...