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A media desert is a geographic locale without access to fresh local news and information to inform and educate the public. The loss of jobs in the media industry has resulted in a reduction in the quality and quantity of news and information gathered and circulating within a community.1 […]
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“This gap suggests a market failure — many recognize the benefit of the product to the public but are unwilling to pay for it.” More than half of Americans believe that local news organizations are doing well financially, according to a new report published today by the Knight Foundation […]
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Tim Gruber for The New York Times School board and city council meetings are going uncovered. Overstretched reporters receive promising tips about stories but have no time to follow up. Newspapers publish fewer pages or less frequently or, in hundreds of cases across the country, are shuttered completely. All […]
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“The big change is commercial, which is that we had advertisers who started to come to us last year and say, ‘We are only going to buy two kinds of ad next year, print and podcast. What have you got?’” More than 15 years after the term was first […]
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As local news outlets are gutted and shuttered, reporters laid off, publication schedules cut, and resources tightened across the country, Losing the News: The Decimation of Local News and the Search for Solutions sounds the alarm about the existential threat facing local watchdog journalism and proposes big-picture solutions for […]
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Features Derrick Cain on building trust, and why newsrooms need journalists who come from the communities they cover engagement Derrick Cain, Community Engagement Editor, Resolve Philadelphia. (Photo: Kriston Bethel) Resolve Philadelphia is an organization that develops and advances journalism built on equity, collaboration, and the elevation of community voices […]
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A judge’s ruling that far-right outlets should be given press accreditation raises questions about whether we should defend and enforce common values. It is hard enough deciding who is a journalist without delegating the decision to a judge in the midst of an election campaign — or for that […]
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NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, center, listens as a source speaks outside the Supreme Court in 2018. NPR has added 1,000 journalists to its ranks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) In my first interview with Nancy Barnes after she took over as NPR’s senior vice president for news, I thought […]
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NPR Supreme Court reporter Nina Totenberg, center, listens as a source speaks outside the Supreme Court in 2018. NPR has added 1,000 journalists to its ranks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) In my first interview with Nancy Barnes after she took over as NPR’s senior vice president for news, I thought […]
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“A small reservoir of goodwill exists toward local news organizations because they are local, but this could quickly dry up if Americans perceive more political bias in coverage.” Local news is more trusted than national news, yes. But that’s largely because national news is not very trusted, especially by […]
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