Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers have vanished since 2005. According to Northwestern University/Medill's State of Local News 2024 report, the number of ...

Medill’s State of Local News 2025 report once again captures the changing shape of America’s local news landscape — and the ...

More than half of U.S. counties are now news deserts, leaving 50 million Americans with little to no local reporting on their ...

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good ...

This is National Newspaper Week. Each year the first full week in October is an opportunity to remind readers of the value of newspapers in our lives yesterday, today and tomorrow. In today’s world ...

Many Americans say they have lost trust in national news — but most still believe they can rely on the accuracy of local news. In 2023, trust in national newspapers, TV, and radio reached historic ...

If you think there’s more corruption, you’re right, and it’s happening where America has lost local newspapers. That’s the conclusion of two professors who analyzed corruption in places with and ...

As proposals to help save local journalism gathered dust in Congress and mostly fizzled in state legislatures over the last year, 136 more newspapers closed, according to a new report. More than half ...

Jennifer Hoewe does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...