When community members are no longer voters, their needs become diffuse once again and there is no clear, focusing mandate.

At CNN, Brian Stelter argues that while it’s hyperbole to call the mainstream media “dead”, there is a “severe trust deficit” between traditional media and Trump voters. Now, argues Dick Tofel in his ...

In the weeks leading up to Election Day, newsrooms prepared themselves and their audiences for another long wait for election results. Instead, Donald Trump declared victory just before 2:30 a.m., ...

I feel the absence of my parents acutely this election season. We didn’t always agree, but I miss their counsel and their insights. I wonder now what they would think about the choices before us, how ...

Ten years after the first season of the Serial podcast was released, Nieman Lab is exploring the current state of crime news in America. Neel Dhanesha writes that public radio sees true crime as an ...

This list of election coverage resources is meant to provide journalists with tools they can use immediately in their work during the election week and in the weeks ahead. We hope you find this useful ...

News leaders gather from across the country for our highly participatory, invitation-based convenings that provide a welcoming and collaborative space for local media decision-makers and experts to ...

Last week, both The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times announced they are not endorsing a presidential candidate in this election — and both papers saw significant subscriber cancellations as a ...

Local news organizations work hard to document and uncover information that residents of their communities need to make decisions and thrive. This is especially true in a major election year like this ...

This week, the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University released its annual State of the Local News report. 127 local newspapers have closed in the last year, and 7,000 newspaper jobs ...

As young people turn away from the news, student journalists are trying to bring Gen Z voices to the fore Recent research from Benjamin Toff has found that younger Americans, particularly working ...