November 17, 2017
By Jessica Mahone, Democracy Fund Public Square Research Associate Conversations between academic research and local newsrooms are often siloed. Interesting and useful findings from research are trapped in long papers…
February 22, 2017
This is an excerpt from The State of Diversity in the Media: A Field Analysis on DemocracyFund.org. The Democracy Fund recently completed a field analysis of organizations working…
February 17, 2017
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August 6, 2015
By Molly de Aguiar and Josh Stearns If you are a resident of Morristown, New Jersey you get 23 times more news coverage per capita than the state’s largest city,…
March 16, 2015
Comparing the findings of two youth media studies a decade apart and what they tell us about reporting with and for our communities. Local news sites — especially online…
March 13, 2015
In New Jersey, New York’s shadow can mean a less healthy news ecosystem. (This article by Rutgers University professor Philip M. Napoli originally appeared at the Nieman…
March 5, 2015
New Pew Research Finds Gulf Between People People’s Hunger for Local News and their Satisfaction with Local Media. People are hungry for local news and they follow local issues and…
September 4, 2014
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July 21, 2014
Welcome to the Local Fix. Each week we look at key debates in journalism sustainability and community engagement through the lens of local news. If you want the Local Fix delivered…