Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 As election looms, a network of mysterious ‘pink slime’ local news outlets nearly triples in size The run-up to the 2020 November elections in the US has produced new networks of shadowy, politically backed “local news websites” designed to promote partisan talking points and collect user data. In December 2019, the Tow Center for Digital Journalism reported on an intricately linked network of 450 sites purporting to be local or business […] Priyanjana Bengani
a Wednesday, October 28th, 2020 Investigating local partisan shadow news: A Q&A with Priyanjana Bengani Lauren Harris
a Friday, October 9th, 2020 Google and Facebook Have a News Labeling Problem Emily Bell and Sara Sheridan
a Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 The decline of local newsrooms could make it harder for us to detect the next disease outbreak Lauren Harris
a Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020 How The 63106 Project funds independent journalism in St. Louis Lauren Harris
a Wednesday, September 16th, 2020 Reviving democracy requires reviving local journalism Lauren Harris
a Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 For BIPOC communities, local news crisis extends beyond major cities Letrell Deshan Crittenden and Andrea Wenzel
a Wednesday, August 26th, 2020 Community-engaged journalism is both an end and a means to survival Lauren Harris
