August 21, 2026

Hyperlocal Journalism Articles and Resources

Reporters need more training to recognize when advocacy groups and other actors — some malicious — are using them to help sow election interference.

Reporters need more training to recognize when advocacy groups and other actors — some malicious — are using them to help sow election interference.

Robert July 12, 2020
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Book review of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan – The Washington Post

Book review of Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy by Margaret Sullivan – The Washington Post

Robert July 11, 2020
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Australia becomes the next battleground country to try and force Facebook and Google to pay local news publishers.

Australia becomes the next battleground country to try and force Facebook and Google to pay local news publishers.

Robert July 11, 2020
SYDNEY – U.S. tech titans Google and Facebook will know in the next few months how much...
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News you can use: When local media outlets go dark, everyone loses — even if people don’t realize it right away

News you can use: When local media outlets go dark, everyone loses — even if people don’t realize it right away

Robert July 10, 2020
It was the biggest business story most people missed this week. A large company announced it was...
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Columnist Margaret Sullivan started out in a vibrant local-newspaper industry. Now it’s vanishing, leaving our very democracy in peril. – The Washington Post

Columnist Margaret Sullivan started out in a vibrant local-newspaper industry. Now it’s vanishing, leaving our very democracy in peril. – The Washington Post

Robert July 9, 2020
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