"There's an old adage in the news business that journalists only cover the planes that crash. But in this case, we need to ...

Americans still tend to regard local news more favorably than they do national news organizations. But that gap appears to be ...

This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. In April 2024, the Local News Initiative, in conjunction with ...

Earlier this month, Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism released its 2025 “The State of Local News Report.” The writers presented the 2025 numbers within the context of the trends they’ve ...

Local news informs our communities, connects neighbors and helps us find common ground. With good, reliable local news sources, we learn what’s happening in Broward County schools, stay informed about ...

The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, ...

Former Massachusetts state Rep. Lori Ehrlich will serve as executive director for a network of nonprofit and independent news websites that the Boston University Journalism Department is building as ...

Hometown Headlines: Research shows that communities with less local news have higher levels of loneliness. Here, café customers read the Midcoast Villager, a weekly newspaper serving Midcoast Maine.