Why did your hometown newspaper vanish while the next town over kept theirs? This isn’t bad luck − it’s a systemic pattern. Since 2005, the United States has lost over one-third of its local ...

Our commentary is from former New York Times columnist Charles Blow, on a disappearing staple of communities everywhere: Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers ...

Ms. Berman is the chief executive of the American Journalism Project. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of America’s oldest ...

The number of local journalists in the U.S. has declined by 75% since the turn of the century, according to a new report. And that decline costs the American public dearly, in both access to ...

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection — residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open and citizens having the facts to make good ...

The list of troubles facing local news operations seems to go on forever. The rise in big box stores and ecommerce has made local newspaper retail advertising almost superfluous. The long-term decline ...

Many Americans say they have lost trust in national news — but most still believe they can rely on the accuracy of local news. In 2023, trust in national newspapers, TV, and radio reached historic ...

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the newspaper of record in my hometown, announced last week that it will cease operations in May. The Block family, which owns the Post-Gazette and the Toledo (Ohio) Blade ...

The list of troubles facing local news operations seems to go on forever. The rise in big box stores and ecommerce has made local newspaper retail advertising almost superfluous. The long-term decline ...