Is local news dying? An initiative wants to revive it
The LA Local News Initiative raised almost $15 million to help journalists tackle specific community-driven stories that often get overlooked.
What’s working in local journalism? More than you may think
Print journalism’s financial model has faced a body blow, a digital revolution has impacted all fields of journalism, and too many community-based news operations have withered away. But what in local journalism should hearten us? What should encourage us if we believe in informed citizens being a cornerstone of our democracy?
Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe honored by Time magazine
Mississippi Today poverty reporter Anna Wolfe has been named to the 2024 TIME100 Next list.
National Press Club awards Mississippi Today, a nonprofit newsroom, with its highest press freedom award
The National Press Club is honoring Mississippi Today — a nonprofit, non-partisan newsroom based in Jackson, Mississippi — with its highest honor for press freedom, the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award.
Votebeat Editor-in-Chief Chad Lorenz named one of TIME’s Democracy Defenders
Chad Lorenz, Votebeat’s editor-in-chief, is among 11 people TIME identified as Democract Defenders – those “working to boost voter participation, reverse disenfranchisement, and combat misinformation.”
Building a nonprofit news empire: Cityside’s blueprint for success in the Bay Area
Funding and creating journalism in the Bay area of California is challenging. But it’s not impossible. The nonprofit model is working and growing for Cityside, a journalism organization that began as a struggling for-profit online publication.
Wisconsin Watch and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service merge to bolster local news
Wisconsin Watch has joined forces with Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) to launch an exciting new chapter in which we work together to bring communities the news and information most important to them.
