Find more updated survey data about local news in our “Local News Fact Sheet” here. The way Americans get local news is changing, both in terms of which devices they’re using and who is delivering the ...

To understand the state of local journalism in the United States, you have to start with the bad news. Local newspapers are shutting down, and many local television stations have just a few reporters ...

Find more updated survey data about local news in our “Local News Fact Sheet” here. Local news topics range from useful daily information like weather and traffic, to civic information about local ...

Many Americans say they have lost trust in national news — but most still believe they can rely on the accuracy of local news. In 2023, trust in national newspapers, TV, and radio reached historic ...

For more than a century, Americans have been turning to a trusted and reliable source for local news: the radio. Now, the terrestrial broadcasts are facing an existential threat as listeners and ...

Local news has long been an exception to a troubling trend. Even as trust in national news organizations eroded over the past decade and partisan divides over the media widened, local news largely ...