Sophie Culpepper

If you thought last year was bleak, Medill’s annual State of Local News Report is here to ring the alarm bell louder. What was a “creeping erosion” has now “mushroomed into a full-blown Super El Ni...

Since NewsMatch launched as an experiment a decade ago, the annual end-of-year campaign has become a cornerstone in the fundraising strategy of nonprofit newsrooms across the country. First created...

Local news providers weighing AI use in the newsroom should think twice, according to a new survey from the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern. “The Medill survey provides a warning to ne...

Nieman Lab predictions don’t always come true, but Terry Parris Jr. is doing his best to make his a reality. As journalism reached breakneck speed to produce mountains of content for insatiable dig...

On Adam Ganucheau‘s first day at Mississippi Today a decade ago, there was no Wi-Fi, and he used an upside-down cardboard box as a desk. These days, things look a little different. What was once a ...

The nonprofit National Trust for Local News is acquiring the Vermont Community Newspaper Group in a deal that will close this month, the Trust announced Thursday. The deal, which will add five week...

When MS NOW — known until last year as MSNBC — celebrated its 30th anniversary last month, Status reported that the focus was “as much about the future as the past.” Natalie Korach described early ...

If a news outlet announces a website launch, you might think it’s safe to assume it’s a news website that’s launching. But that’s not what Chicago Public Media has in mind for chicago.com. Chicago ...

On August 11, 2023, local law enforcement seized electronics and reporting materials from the Marion County Record in a raid that provoked a national outcry over the blatant press freedom violation...

Deliberate audience initiatives and breaking news alike have driven traffic to local newspapers in the last few months. According to Similarweb’s data, The Philadelphia Inquirer received 1.1 millio...