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Local papers lose out to Facebook as UK towns become ‘news deserts’

Local Facebook groups have supplanted local newspapers as the default source of information in many British towns, according to a report into so-called “news deserts”. The catastrophic financial collapse of the local news industry over the last two decades has destroyed the business model of local newspapers, according to […]
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How do journalists reach those suspicious of media? First, by reporting fully and fairly

Survey finds that while trust in traditional media is up, so are concerns journalists purposely mislead people through falsehoods and exaggeration. At a time when issues of health, social restrictions and economic anxiety have dominated the news, it’s perhaps no surprise that concerns about trust in media and misinformation […]
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How college students can help save local news

An Endicott College student covers Election Day in November 2020 in a Massachusetts community as part of the college’s news-academic partnership with Gannett Media. The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and […]
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Opinion Pieces (Including This One) Are Ruining the Internet

A woman looks at her phone screen. When choosing what headlines to interact with, our brains will often pick opinion pieces over reported articles with more ambiguity FrankHoermann/SVEN SIMON/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images On Danish television recently, a conspiracy theorist named Michael Kastis was describing what he believed to be Bill Gates’ […]
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Medill Survey Shows Difficulty of Getting Some Local News Consumers to Pay

Medill Survey Shows Difficulty of Getting Some Local News Consumers to Pay

The diverse neighborhoods of Chicago’s South and West sides make a lot of news, and a survey of their residents has found intense interest in coverage of crime and other top issues – as long as it’s free. Of the 820 people who completed the new online survey from […]
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This Ontario town lost its local newspaper. But the stories haven’t stopped

This Ontario town lost its local newspaper. But the stories haven't stopped

After 136 years, the weekly paper in Tilbury, Ont., closed its doors in 2020 Humphrey Rogers, 87, has lived in Tilbury, Ont., since 1946 and seen a lot of changes. The biggest was the closure of the paper, the Tilbury Times, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Haydn Watters/CBC) Humphrey Rogers […]
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Ken Doctor: 18 months after launching a local news company (in an Alden market), here’s what I’ve learned

Ken Doctor: 18 months after launching a local news company (in an Alden market), here’s what I’ve learned

“The term ‘news desert’ has been a shorthand, but the real problem here and elsewhere is that this region lacked the number of journalists it needed to thoroughly inform the public.” We called it the 3 a.m. Club. RELATED ARTICLE We converged in Denver in mid-October last year, between […]
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Canadian Media Ownership Index

Canadian Media Ownership Index

Our goal is to provide a better understanding of the Canadian Mainstream Media in a time of great digital proliferation where radical transparency may help rebuild trust. Some outlets on this index may not be deeemed journalism by many. We list those media orgs with over 12,000 monthly uniques […]
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Forming a co-op saved six Canadian newspapers from closing. Here’s how they do business now.

Forming a co-op saved six Canadian newspapers from closing. Here’s how they do business now.

“Being so close to bankruptcy made people realize that what we were offering them was a treasure, but it was pretty fragile.” In 2019, six regional daily newspapers in Quebec, Canada were saved from closure after their parent company, Groupe Capitales Médias, announced it was filing for bankruptcy. On […]
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Community starts with listening: How Santa Cruz Local gained 500 paying members in one year

Community starts with listening: How Santa Cruz Local gained 500 paying members in one year

The Santa Cruz Local team — Natalya Dreszer, Kara Meyberg Guzman, and Stephen Baxter — at their recording booth in Meyberg Guzman’s home. Editors’ Note: This is part of an occasional series highlighting local news entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders who are making their communities stronger. Each post highlights lessons […]
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