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Text all about it Outlier Media’s news beats, the stories it reports and the way it delivers and receives news and information all rise from listening to the audience it aims to serve: residents of the City of Detroit.

Broadcast alerts are critical -- you're absolutely right! But some digitals are experimenting with SMS messaging directly with their audiences. Could be a way to preserve that emergency function, perhaps... localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/sta...

"What if the best way to help the media is not with carefully sculpted grants provided to worthy programs by a panel of wise people, but rather big, messy, blunt-instrument policies that push far more dollars into the system [and] lift all boats...?"

Local Journalist Index 2025 | Muck Rack Where are the journalists? For the first time, we’ve mapped how many local journalists cover each U.S. county, revealing in stark detail the stunning coll…

Local Journalist Index 2025

"...mapped how many local journalists cover each U.S. county, revealing in stark detail the stunning collapse in local reporting."

Powerful and worrying.
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Have you explored the Local Journalist Index yet? Rebuild Local News President @stevenwaldman.bsky.social shares how its data on the journalist shortage can help entrepreneurs, funders and policymakers take targeted action to support local news.

Learn more: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/severe-and-w...

New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S. The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.

www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/new-...

There’s a ‘severe shortage’ of local news across the US, new report reveals | CNN Business Since the start of the century, the number of journalists working in the United States has declined by more than 75 percent, according to the study.

Coverage of the study we released today...
www.cnn.com/2025/07/10/m...

This is a really important project by @rebuildlocalnews.bsky.social and @muckrack.com showing the decline in the number of journalists across the U.S., down to the county level. Really shocking numbers that should spur communities and lawmakers to action.

Very excited to welcome Irma Fernandez to our Rebuild Local News team! It feels good to be growing with so many talented people coming onboard!

So excited to welcome Susan to our team! Another Midwesterner working to Rebuild Local News! #Iowa #Indiana

It's been a pleasure working with @mattdpearce.com on local news policy issues and I'm grateful we get to keep him!

So excited to have Susan and @mattdpearce.com join our team! Rebuild Local News is growing fast, and I'm grateful to have these two amazing people helping lead us. @matt

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds | CNN Business Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

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I’ve decided to take a break from mental health to focus on social media.

Rebuild Local News The Rebuild Local News coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advances public policies to counter the collapse of local news and revitalize community journalism.

Here for thoughtful posts about #journalism and doggos. Waging public policy solutions to the local news crisis at rebuildlocalnews.org

Rebuild Local News The Rebuild Local News coalition is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that advances public policies to counter the collapse of local news and revitalize community journalism.

We couldn't agree more.

There are alternatives:
Rebuild Local News (which we are a member of)
www.rebuildlocalnews.org

Local News Dollars
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Public policy is a key part of sustaining and growing local news coverage. Dozens of states and cities are pursuing policies.

Graphic with head shots of the people taking part in NLP's events EXTRA! EXTRA! How to solve the LOCAL NEWS CRISIS Sarabeth Berman, American Journalism Project Margaret Sullivan, author of "Ghosting the News: Local Journalism and the Crisis of American Democracy" Steven Waldman, Rebuild Local News Kimi Yoshino, editor of the Baltimore Banner Moderator Tracie Potts

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Moderated by Tracie Potts, panelists @sulliview.bsky.social, Steven Waldman of Rebuild Local News, Kimi Yoshino of the Baltimore Banner & Sarabeth Berman of the @theajp.bsky.social discuss the state of local news.

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