Two new studies shed light on how the decline of local news can affect elections and the pool of candidates running for ...

It’s hard not to root for the National Trust for Local News. Prior to founding the Trust, as a researcher at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Hansen Shapiro ...

Local news informs our communities, connects neighbors and helps us find common ground. With good, reliable local news sources, we learn what’s happening in Broward County schools, stay informed about ...

Chuck Todd (right), former host of NBC's "Meet the Press" is a proponent of local journalism. He discussed its importance with contributing columnist William McKenzie and Andrew Kaufmann on a recent ...

This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. The old formula went like this: Journalism undergrads would ...

A new study helps explain why Americans continue to trust local news, even as their trust in national media, government and other institutions is falling. The authors assert that people use “a news ...