Local News

Instead of bringing smart journalists and celebrities to resort towns, why not get them to go where they’re really needed—middle America?

At the local level, the media need to convene the conversation

The work of local and regional papers once informed the work of national ones. Can new partnerships and tactics revitalize local coverage and restore that connection?

To get beyond celebrity- and pundit-driven news, newsrooms need to become civic reactors—hubs of community information and activity

The chasm between the coastal media centers and the country’s heartland is laid bare. Deep discontent, long simmering in the manufacturing Midwest and Appalachian coal country, went largely unrecognized until…

‘… Alhambra Source has revealed significant lessons about the power of journalism to build community in diverse and underserved areas.’

While much attention is focused on how to “fix” journalism, the bigger problem is fixing advertising to pay for the news. For me, Detroit143 is, in part, about reinventing what…

Community members come together to examine Detroit’s financial challenges. Photo by Ellen Jacob.RELATED ARTICLES“Focusing a New Kind of Journalism on a City’s Needs”– Bill Mitchell“A New Partnership to Build a…

Detroit’s challenges hold the attention of those who reside in its 143 square miles. Photo by Ellen Jacob.RELATED ARTICLES“Focusing a New Kind of Journalism on a City’s Needs”– Bill Mitchell“A…

‘… residents need to have journalism delivered as they want to consume it and in ways that will encourage them to move beyond absorbing news to acting on it.’