The US has lost a quarter of its local newsrooms, and without those, communities suffer. But experts have ways we can stem the flow. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces.

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Our commentary is from former New York Times columnist Charles Blow, on a disappearing staple of communities everywhere: Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers ...

The way Americans get local news is changing, both in terms of which devices they’re using and who is delivering the news. Television is still the most common way people prefer to get their local news ...

Local newspapers have always been the epicenter of local news ecosystems. While communities may have other sources of journalism, such as TV and radio stations and online-only outlets, the bulk of the ...

The front page of an early October 2025 edition of The Keene Sentinel features stories about city elections, the ongoing drought in New Hampshire and two Medicare Advantage providers leaving the state ...

If you’re confused about opinion journalism and what it is, you’re not alone. Many Americans are. But even so, the editorials, opinion columns, and letters to the editor that fill the op-ed pages ...

John Fragodt of the Swift County Monitor-News carries copies of the latest edition to be delivered throughout Benson, Minnesota. AP Photo/David Goldman It is a truly bleak picture. And yet focusing ...

Keeping up with the torrent of news over the last year has been overwhelming for all Americans. But it’s an especially difficult challenge for local newspaper editors like Reed Anfinson, who not only ...