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Where regular reporters have disappeared, university-led statehouse reporting programs have stepped in.
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.
Local media ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business and offers benefits to communities by increasing voter turnout, reducing polarization and saving communities money.
Partnerships between universities and local media outlets are key ways to sustain local news where coverage is diminishing.
Public relations and journalism have always existed in an uneasy balance. Social media and low revenues are shifting that balance in favour of PR, creating a lack of trust in the news.
The ABC could build a social media service to replace Facebook - but it doesn’t have the funding, resources or political support to do so.
COVID-19 has accelerated the decline in local and national journalism. Is it time to find a new funding model, or for the government to intervene?
Americans truly value local news. But 71% think that their local news outlets are doing just fine financially – which might explain why only 14% paid for a local news source in the past year.
Thunder Bay has received national press for its historically inequitable relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations. Local journalism could help the city face those challenges.
A recent survey found that Americans trust local media outlets far more than national ones.
Local news is in peril. Here’s what can be done to save it.
A Somali community sick of negative headlines decided to start their own local newspaper and write their own stories.
In many cases, the mistreatment of TV anchors has become the story – at the expense of bigger questions about corporate ownership.
It’s worth looking at how local news stations have traditionally operated.
Ottawa must decide how to spend the $50 million it’s allocated to support local journalism. The establishment of a Local News Data Lab would be a good start. Here’s how it might work.
The year ahead could prove critical for Canadian news media. Will the federal government finally take action to help them, as other countries have?
The love Canadians profess for their local newspapers isn’t quite what it seems. Few pay for a subscription, and many say they can get their news elsewhere if their local paper shuts down.
The Canadian news industry is in a crisis. Rather than providing a way forward, the Liberal government suggests that Facebook, Twitter, and Google will “jumpstart digital news innovation.”
Local news is as important to communities as clean air, but the failing business model of traditional journalism has left the local news industry in rapid decline.
Top contributors
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
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Professor of Journalism, Velma Rogers Research Chair, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Lecturer in Journalism, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Public Relations, Drake University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Communication, Elon University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Florida
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Principal Lecture in Journalism, Coventry University
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Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
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Professor of Media and Communication, University Canada West
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Director of the School of Communication and Associate Professor of Journalism, Rochester Institute of Technology
