“We’re Going to Be Where No One Else Is”

Opinion

Legacy Media Needs to Be Transformed, Not Discarded

Local news is a public service profession. We need both commercial and nonprofit outlets to fulfill that mission

By Steven Waldman

Opinion

Dear Sunnylands: Let’s Widen the Roadmap — and Mark an Achievable Destination for Local News

To thrive and grow, local emerging organizations need a new alignment between philanthropy and market-driven business building. We already see the fledgling success of that model

By Ken Doctor

Opinion

Dear Sunnylands, Make More Room for BIPOC, LGBTQ, and Rural Media Leaders at the Table

Donors looking to support journalism as “civic information” need to hear directly from leaders of news outlets serving these communities

By Tracie Powell

Opinion

Correcting The New York Times on Trans Issues

More than 1,000 Times contributors have sent an open letter asking for the paper of record to examine its biases in reporting on trans issues. The paper's response is part of the problem

By Issac J. Bailey

Features

Meet The States Using Public Funding to Support Local Journalism

In the face of federal inaction, state-level experiments to fund community-based outlets are expanding

By Catherine Buni

Opinion

Report from Sunnylands: Revitalizing Local News with New Capital, Creativity, and Collective Action

A gathering of current and prospective journalism funders and practitioners seeks to reinvent local news as civic information in service of communities

By Jim Friedlich

Visual Journalism

Facing Hunger — and Death — In Somalia

A combination of drought, armed conflict, and ineffective government is making life a type of torture for the most vulnerable

By Andrea Bruce

Opinion

Press Freedom Community: Prioritize the Defense of Journalism that Serves the Public Interest

To produce positive social outcomes, press freedom advocacy must shape the global information space to promote accountability and democratic debate

By Joel Simon

Newsletter

How Rising Temperatures Are Becoming a Labor Story

From our January newsletter: Labor reporters are increasingly focusing on how extreme heat kills workers — and what should be done about it

By Natalie De Rosa

Niemans @ Work

A Play About Life and Death in the South

By John Archibald

Opinion

Reporting is Never Merely Reporting

Journalists don’t just observe the world but help shape it — for better or for worse — through our coverage choices

By Issac J. Bailey

Features

What Happens When Candidates Avoid Mainstream News

Politicians have long made calculations about which outlets to speak with and when. But the proliferation of partisan sites has made it easier to retreat into friendly corners

By Celeste Katz Marston