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The news business is in trouble. This month, hundreds of the remaining journalists still employed by Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, walked out to protest further cuts to local ...

“All politics is local,” is an old American saying. That might partly explain why democratic politics is going so badly — especially, but not only, in the United States. For local government to work ...

If the industry is to survive, news can’t merely be a thing that finds people when they aren’t seeking it out; it has to be ...

Let me preface with: forgive me, Plainsman. I meant not what I said three years ago, on that rainy campus tour of Auburn. I ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2024, in Washington. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Journalism faces a credibility crisis. Only 32% of Americans report ...

Earlier this month, the Peoria Diocese in Illinois announced it had closed its diocesan newspaper, to be replaced with eventual "new strategies in a wider communications plan," according to its bishop ...

The former opinion editor of the New York Times, James Bennet, took his former employer to task recently in a lengthy essay. The headline of the piece boldly asserted that the New York Times has “lost ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The journalism field, particularly in terms of local and investigative reporting, has been in a years-long slide toward disintegration. Good news for the industry can be hard to come ...

OLYMPIA – State lawmakers are considering throwing the news industry a lifesaver by taxing some of the world’s biggest tech platforms. If adopted, the legislation would impose a surcharge on large ...

A creative proposal in Washington’s Legislature could save hundreds of local journalism jobs across the state. Senate Bill 5400 would be a lifesaver for roughly 100 local newspapers remaining in ...

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette raised $180,111 during a 100-day fundraising challenge that ended Dec. 5, said Staci Miller, director of development for the newspaper's Community Journalism Project. "It ...