Local News

Forgetting Why Reporters Choose the Work They Do

Will journalists ‘cover local news for life, with no chance of parole?’
December 15, 2007
Will Bunch

Showing China—With a Local Thread

An Essay in Words and Photographs
December 15, 2007
Alan Hawes

Investigative Reporting Stays Local

‘The local stories are the toughest. They matter more to readers ….’
December 15, 2007
Ken Armstrong

Newspapers’ Niche: ‘Dig Deeply Into Local Matters’

...strong, local reporting—and devoting the resources necessary to do it—is so important to daily newspapers.
December 15, 2007
Brett J. Blackledge

Winter 2007: Introduction

“Unique local content” is by now a familiar phrase as print competes with digital media for readers’ attention. With constantly updated international and national news reporting and commentary just a…
December 15, 2007
Melissa Ludtke

Local Characters: How to Tell the Stories You Have to Tell

Lane DeGregory offers tips and describes some of the stories she’s written to reporters who work at community newspapers.
December 15, 2007
Lane DeGregory

Tips About Starting a Hyperlocal Web Site

For those seeking to venture into the hyperlocal sphere—whether affiliated with a news organization or not—we’ve developed tips through observation and study. —J.S.1. Get ready for a high-touch experience: Citizen…
December 15, 2007
Jan Schaffer

When Community Residents Commit ‘Random Acts of Journalism’

‘In communities with little news coverage, people are using the Web to restore a sense of place.’
December 15, 2007
Jan Schaffer

Hispanic Workers Bring Changes to Midwestern Communities

An Indiana newspaper decides to look at what these changes are.
June 15, 2001
Rich Davis

Coverage of Latino Life Is an American Story

Resistance comes from older managers. Acceptance comes from younger viewers.
June 15, 2001
María Hinojosa