New from the State of Local News Project: how public radio lifelines like KOTZ in Alaska are being pushed to the brink.
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New from the State of Local News Project: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/1...

The 2025 Chicago-Area News Consumption Survey from Medill and the University of Chicago looks at how residents get their local news. The trend is shifting fast, with smartphones leading the way and content creators rivaling newspapers. Read here:
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Just released: The 2025 Chicago-Area News Consumption Survey from Medill and the University of Chicago.

How residents get their local news is shifting fast — from smartphones leading the way to content creators rivaling newspapers.

Full report: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...

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The new @medillschool.bsky.social LNI Local News Ecosystem Barometer uses a predictive model to track 249 U.S. counties on the Watchlist at risk of becoming news deserts. Explore here:
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The @medillschool.bsky.social Local News Initiative has debuted a new interactive tool that highlights 249 counties at high risk for losing their local news. Click here to explore the Local News Barometer and Watch List: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...

"2024: A year of alarming loss in local printed editions and newsroom jobs. Hope lies in digital news outlets." The complete pdf of the @medillschool.bsky.social
State of Local News Report is now available: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/assets/slnp/...

Our @medillschool.bsky.social 2024 State of Local News Report documents where local news is disappearing, at risk or rebounding. Filled with articles, maps, graphics and photos, the report is now available as an easy-to-read pdf: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/assets/slnp/...

The @medillschool.bsky.social 2024 State of Local News Report is now live in PDF form filled with articles, graphics, maps and photos documenting the loss of local newspapers, increase in digital sites and emergence of "Bright Spots." Read here: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/assets/slnp/...

Compounding the spread of news deserts is an increase in ghost newspapers: chain-owned outlets stripped of local reporting. In Massachusetts, we report on a surge of startups trying to return local news to their communities. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

Haunted By Ghost Papers: Can Massachusetts hyperlocal startups reconnect communities to the news–and each other? Our @medillschool.bsky.social report... localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

Community weeklies around Massachusetts have become "ghost papers" with little or no local coverage. Can the surge of local news startups replace what's been lost and reconnect residents to each other? We went to the Boston area to find out. localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...

The presidential election's popular vote was close nationwide and a landslide in news deserts. What does this correlation mean? Our report... localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2024/1...