The US has lost a quarter of its local newsrooms, and without those, communities suffer. But experts have ways we can stem the flow. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces.

Erik Wemple’s coverage of the Scranton, Pa., newspaper’s sale reflected a daily newspaper journalist’s take on the newspaper world [“Could the local news crisis get any worse? Look at Scranton.,” ...

Last week, McDuffie shared these figures with a full room at the Online News Association’s annual conference. Attendees had gathered to hear when — and how — to revive a legacy brand, or start ...

Several community news outlets in Metro Vancouver, including the Burnaby Now, New West Record and Tri-City News closed down last spring. But now, a group of longtime journalists are launching a print ...

Local news has been on the decline for decades, thanks in part to the exodus of advertisers from the classified pages to then-startups like Craig’s List, and the advent of the internet and social ...

Kristy Hess receives funding from the Australian Research Council Linkage program to examine the civic value of country newspapers with support of Country Press Australia. She also receives funding ...

As a follow on to last week's reports about local newspapers online, here's another perspective on local advertising Online, and the availability of a complete report... According to a recent study by ...

Two weeks ago in this space, I discussed how our democracy and its cornerstone — the trusted local independent newspaper — are in crisis. There is no question that the revival of local, independent ...

Between 2005 and 2023, more than 2,200 weekly newspapers have shuttered, dropping from nearly 9,000 to roughly 6,000 according to research conducted at Northwestern University. Between 2005 and 2023, ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. In 2009, David Simon, the creator of HBO’s The Wire and a onetime crime reporter for the Baltimore Sun, told a Senate ...

Facing deep financial troubles, News Media Corporation shut down 23 news operations in five states. The closures are just the latest in a trend contributing to news deserts in rural America. Stephanie ...