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State legislatures advance measures to support local news
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
May 21, 2024
Bills in New York and California include things like tax credits for employing local journalists and taxes on Meta and Google.
Not everyone who lives in a "news desert" would describe it that way
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
And those attitudes about local information ecosystems may provide insight into solutions for news deserts.
Solutions for local news deserts
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Apr 9, 2024
Legacy news outlets are changing revenue models, for-profit outfits are switching to nonprofit and startups are finding opportunities.
The life and death of one local newspaper in Virginia
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Mar 1, 2024
Keith Stickley had to pull the plug on the local newspaper he founded when he just couldn't make the economics work any longer.
How one Virginia county an hour from D.C. became a news desert
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Feb 29, 2024
In King George County, Virginia, the closure of local newspapers and struggles of area outlets to cover the community have left residents with few sources of reliable news.
When the local paper folds, who's left to cover the news?
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Feb 27, 2024
Checking in with the remaining reporters in Val Verde County, Texas, three years after its last daily newspaper folded.
How voters in a Texas news desert get their information
by
David Brancaccio
and Alex Schroeder
Feb 26, 2024
Researchers have labeled 204 counties in America as "news deserts" — places that lack access to credible, reliable news sources. That includes Val Verde County, Texas.
For public good, not for profit.
Small-town New Mexico newspaper rewrites its obituary
Dec 12, 2023
The Deming Headlight was a "ghost paper" under its corporate owner. Now independent, the paper has rebounded with community support.
Digital startups see opportunity in local journalism
Jul 24, 2019
A handful of news media startups are finding new ways of generating revenue in straitened circumstances.
Local newspapers are dead; long live local TV
Jul 1, 2013
The Tribune Co. has agreed to pay $2.7 billion for 19 local TV stations.