Local News

A nice save, followed by rough cuts.

A new report identifies dozens of local news sources, from journalism outlets to church newsletters, to understand what really powers an information ecosystem.

“At least some of these big companies look for communities that are news deserts to build projects,” a local journalist said, “because it’s easier for them when there’s less public scrutiny.”

Estefany Rodríguez was reporting on an ICE raid in Nashville. The next day, she was detained. She has since been released on bond, but her fate is uncertain.

Impactful reporting from the San Antonio Express-News; Fargo columnists fed to the wood chipper; profiling the Big Beautiful Bill’s ugliness.

Three Colorado stations signed on to a lawsuit that challenged the Trump administration’s defunding of NPR and PBS. It’s too late to recover lost funds, but their court victory sets an important precedent.

An expert on competition policy says the antitrust system has become a political tool.

Noah Shachtman lands at the Times, somehow. Plus: A strong start for a Substack looking westward, and a Banner week in Baltimore.

In an era of extreme weather, indie weathermen are streaming coverage 24-7—and banding together.

“We are like living ghosts,” the editor of the Teton Times said.

Patch built a newsletter system to be not hard-nosed journalism but a community-building tool.

The University of Missouri students bringing regional reporting back to Washington.

Cleveland.com is embracing AI tools, including an AI rewrite desk.

How nonprofit and for-profit business models can complement each other when big-money media fails.

In Olympia, Washington, a few right-wing media figures have been trying to get credentialed to cover the statehouse. Their efforts—which now include a lawsuit—have shaken up the entire press corps.