Articles tagged "local news"

When a GOP megadonor didn’t like the coverage he was getting from Wyoming’s newsrooms, he funded a new one. Now it’s pushing anti-trans talking points and climate misinformation.

Why did it take nearly four years for Illinois reporters to start covering the story with gusto?

My adventures in understanding North Carolina’s privilege license tax

Craig Gilbert’s epic series showed how wonky political reporting can prosper on the Web

The Nerve’s investigative reporter Rick Brundrett writes with rage–but plays it straight

Promise, and potential pitfalls, as Alaska Dispatch and the Anchorage Daily News merge

A factcheck from Washington makes its way into the Kansas media

Philadelphia Daily News reporters turn Pulitzer-winning series into a new book

A West Virginia paper stands its ground in a fight over guns and public records

Florida Times-Union goes to court for key information–and also just for principle

Michigan lawmakers move to codify gun exemption even while strengthening FOIA law

Everyone, that is, except those desk-diving anchors

With enforcement weak, the best remedy may be to do what The Atlanta Journal-Constitution did: Expose it

A laurel to the Tampa Bay Times for its investigation of trauma center fees

Deals raise ethical questions–and in one case, complaints from rival news outlets

In Missouri, it’s against the law to name pharmacies that produce drugs for lethal injections. Two news organizations did so anyway. What happens next?

OpenBook promises to let light in on state spending, but it’s a limited tool for now

Florida Times-Union, Tampa Bay Times advance the story on state’s flawed new program

Local stations in South Carolina test market still waiting to hear from federal government

The challenge for new journalism models: replacing the civic benefits of the newspaper

Weather crises are a big draw, but newsroom also pivoted quickly to the political story

State policy on other issues is increasingly national, too. Here’s how local reporters can tell more complete stories

As a diminished staff adapts to new rules and new space, "newsroom culture is gone"

The press is asking questions and showing human costs. Now, time to break the story open