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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

24, Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” shared his insights on the state of journalism and its future. It was refreshing to hear Todd’s optimistic vision for a future in which a more independent news media will regain the public’s trust and return to covering local communities with a sense of shared values.

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S&T Live Recap: Local News Deserts Leave Residents Uninformed, Encourage Misinformation

PRSay

This year alone, 127 newspapers closed in the United States, an average of nearly two per week, according to Northwestern University’s Medill State of Local News Report 2024. Despite the demand for local news, news deserts “are counties with no newspaper, no digital-only news site, no ethic media, and no public radio,” Franklin said.

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Journalism and News Trends for PR Pros

Cision

The revenue model for journalism is at best in flux, and at worst, in chaos. Serious journalism from unexpected sources. Its UK office announced that it’s starting to cover more local news. Vice magazine, originally a local magazine in Montreal and best-known for local coverage and shock journalism, grew into Vice Media.

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

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Local Reporters Give Advice on How PR Pros Can Build Media Relationships

PRSay

In your pitch, convey how the story affects the community, Thrasher advised. Is it giving kids in the community a chance to do something different?” That’s the big thing, especially for a more positive story,” he said. How is this [business] impacting people? How is it bringing in new jobs?

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Black History Month: A Celebration of African American Media Outlets 

Buchanan PR

This Black History Month, we want to shine a light on traditionally Black-based media outlets that offer businesses a valuable opportunity to connect with the African American community. Today, it continues to serve Chicagos Black community, covering stories on politics, business, education, and cultural movements.

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Traditional and Social Media Are Sowing Disinformation and Division, Report Says

PRSay

Endorse efforts that focus on exposing how historical and current imbalances of power, access, and equity are manufactured and propagated further with mis- and disinformation — and on promoting community-led solutions to forging social bonds. Local media investment. Local media investment. Healthy digital discourse.