@NorthwesternU R&D project combines digital innovation, audience insight & business strategy to elevate local news & empower citizens. Based at @MedillSchool
Joined August 2018
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
“I was asked the other day if local journalism was boring, and I was like, ‘It may be boring, but it’s necessary.’”
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Gery Vereau spent 40 years in journalism watching newspapers close. This spring he started one anyway: Presencia, a biweekly Spanish-language paper in Paterson, NJ. He prints 8,000 copies an issue and delivers many of them himself, by rented car and sometimes by bus.
ALT Gery Vereau, publisher of the Spanish-language newspaper Presencia, holds up a printed copy of the paper at his desk. The paper's masthead reads Presencia, and he wears glasses and a dark blazer.
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
It's been almost one year since we launched The Last Ward on Substack.
Now more than 100K subscribers get insight on Chicago politics and governance every Sunday morning.
Today that work was recognized in new research on Chicago's local news ecosystem.
Thank you to @LocalNewsIni and @MedillSchool for the shoutout.
And thank you all for reading.
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
"It was about to close until the family owners decided, after a last-minute conversation, to donate their business to a fledgling nonprofit newspaper operator."
#localnews #nonprofitnews
The Northern Light, a weekly newspaper serving more than 10,000 households in Washington’s Whatcom County, was saved by a remarkably generous gift over the holidays.
By @BrierDudley:
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Particularly in rural areas, local news can play a life-saving role in preparation, response, & recovery, especially when there are few sources of on the ground info! But overall, as disasters increase, local outlets have fewer resources to meet the growing challenges.
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
I’ve been highlighting the intersection of the climate crisis & local news crisis while helping local journalists cover disasters for years — this piece provides useful analysis about how essential and fragile this type of info is for communities:
Local news is shrinking just as climate disasters are accelerating. This piece by @activerewriting looks at where those crises collide and the journalists reporting through disasters without newsrooms or pay to keep communities informed.
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Local news is shrinking just as climate disasters are accelerating. This piece by @activerewriting looks at where those crises collide and the journalists reporting through disasters without newsrooms or pay to keep communities informed.
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Local news networks are on the rise. According to @LocalNewsIni, nonprofit and for-profit networks now run 853 sites across 52 networks providing original reporting to communities that need it.
Read more:
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Congrats to @LocalNewsIni for being named one of the winners of the prestigious Chicago Innovation Award! 🎉 The annual award is the region’s foremost recognition of the most innovative new products or services brought to market. Read more: spr.ly/60127Zhbp
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Over the last two decades, America has lost 40% of its newspapers, and print circulation has dropped 70%. Michael sits down with Tim Franklin (Medill @LocalNewsIni) to unpack what’s really happening to local journalism.
Hear the #podcast 🎧➡️ loom.ly/7l3hQnE
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
“The radio station needs money; give me a cigarette.”
My dispatch from above the Arctic Circle in Alaska, where I reported on what's at stake if public radio stations close @LocalNewsIni
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
The State of Local News 2025 report by @LocalNewsIni is out, drawing on two decades of data. And the findings are stark. News deserts hit a record high, leaving 50M Americans with limited or no access to local coverage.
Learn more: localnewsinitiative.northwes…
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
The Medill @LocalNewsIni is a finalist for a Chicago Innovation Award! 🎉 It recognizes innovative new products, services, and organizations in the Chicago region, celebrating breakthroughs that improve lives. Vote here for the "People's Choice" Award: spr.ly/6013Ap2Oh
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
New research from @localnewsini finds that just 32% of Gen Z in Chicago follows local news daily.
#media #localnews #localmedia brnw.ch/21wVI82
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Hitting Reset After Months of Turbulence, the National Trust for Local News Seeks Stability
My latest, via @LocalNewsIni
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Crisis in local news – pilot in Michigan to expand to other states @stevenwaldman @cbadalamente @HiramJackson @chucktodd @LocalNewsIni @knightfdn @pressforward @LizWhite1313 @JTerzotis @MIChronicle @grahammediagrp @freep @Detroit_PBS
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Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Public radio stations in rural areas and smaller towns face the greatest threat from Trump’s plan to eliminate federal funding: “This is not a situation that we can fundraise our way out of.” localnewsinitiative.northwes…
Medill Local News Initiative retweeted
Oregon, Washington State, Illinois, Hawaii and New York all have proposed legislation this year to recoup money from Big Tech platforms, mainly Google and Meta, for revenue gained from publishing local news content.
via @LocalNewsIni
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My story for the Medill Local News Initiative about student reporters filling local news gaps.
Local papers used to give a lift to college students, but now it's the other way around, as undergraduate reporters fill news gaps in communities lacking robust coverage. Here's our in-depth look at the expanding movement of news-academic partnerships. localnewsinitiative.northwes…
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One school highlighted here by @LocalNewsIni: @DenisonU in Granville for its Reporting Project, which has 12 students (most of them paid) covering Licking County.
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