‘I’m a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Who Just Bought My Local Newspaper’ A former intern bought Georgia’s Monticello News. Weeks later, he grew subscriptions by 30 percent. October 6, 2026 By Liz Skalka
‘This used to be a newsroom’ — the scene at the Cleveland Plain Dealer January 17, 2014 By Anna Clark As a diminished staff adapts to new rules and new space, "newsroom culture is gone"
Florida’s unemployment system is a mess January 9, 2014 By Susannah Nesmith The press is asking questions and showing human costs. Now, time to break the story open
2013’s local stories: Where are they now? January 3, 2014 By Corey Hutchins Our correspondent for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia follows up
NC Republican finds a way to get his message in the media–pay for it December 9, 2013 By Corey Hutchins Asheville newspaper apologizes after neglecting to label "advocacy advertising"
Effective teachers, lackluster test scores? December 6, 2013 By Susannah Nesmith In Florida, an opportunity to dig deeper into some contradictory data
LAT exposes wasteful spending on the biowarfare beat December 4, 2013 By David Cay Johnston Local media outlets around the country can do that, too
What is an Obamacare consumer story, anyway? November 27, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman The bar is set too low–a real guide should help readers become smarter shoppers
How a top investigative team makes its stories stick November 26, 2013 By Anna Clark Every newsroom wants coverage with impact. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel shows how it’s done
Covering LGBT issues in a Mormon state November 22, 2013 By Joel Campbell Advocates and media members gather for a discussion in Salt Lake City
The Palm Beach Post takes a long, hard look at private prisons November 22, 2013 By Susannah Nesmith Maybe too long for some readers–but series advances the story on cost, violence concerns
Advancing the healthcare story with consumer coverage November 21, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman Two Midwestern dailies offer good models for local reporting
How @Redistrict helped get Virginia’s votes counted November 15, 2013 By Corey Hutchins Can #Wassermaning be a thing now?
Tales from Obamacare’s trenches November 15, 2013 By Trudy Lieberman A Pennsylvania woman goes shopping and finds the experience a consumer’s nightmare
Factchecking goes local in New York November 11, 2013 By Brendan Nyhan The founding editor of TruePolitics talks about the soon-to-launch site
How do you cover a bankrupt city? October 25, 2013 By Anna Clark Reporters from Detroit’s two dailies on chasing a "life-altering, precedent-setting" story
