Local News

Childhood Memories Kindle Hyperlocal Strategies

‘Trust me, this ain’t new. If anything, it’s old school local journalism.’

Readership Institute’s Newspaper Studies

RELATED ARTICLE“What Readers Mean When They Say They Want Local News”– Dean MillerMary Nesbitt is managing director of the Readership Institute at the Media Management Center and associate dean for…

What Readers Mean When They Say They Want Local News

‘Some journalists run toward these challenges; others react with resistance, fear and anger.’

Cutting Staff Results in Less Local Coverage

At a time when we’re trying to invent a new medium on the Web and with niche publications, getting rid of content creators—a.k.a. reporters, RELATED STORY“Stories About Me”– Bill Ostendorfphotographers…

The ‘Local-Local’ Strategy: Sense and Nonsense

‘There is broad logic behind it, but also a host of devilish details that could drag the effort down and once-vital newspapers along with it.’

Matching Ambition With Assignment

A newspaper editor reassesses how to tell stories and who will tell them as pressures to go local intensify.

Forgetting Why Reporters Choose the Work They Do

Will journalists ‘cover local news for life, with no chance of parole?’

Showing China—With a Local Thread

An Essay in Words and Photographs

Investigative Reporting Stays Local

‘The local stories are the toughest. They matter more to readers ….’

Newspapers’ Niche: ‘Dig Deeply Into Local Matters’

...strong, local reporting—and devoting the resources necessary to do it—is so important to daily newspapers.