Despite declining public attention to local news, many Americans express positive feelings about their local news media. For instance, most U.S. adults (85%) believe local news outlets are at least ...

Brian Lehrer, host of WNYC’s “The Brian Lehrer Show,” has dedicated his career to local news. His interview and call-in radio show has been running for 36 years, originally under the name, “On the ...

It’s hard not to root for the National Trust for Local News. Prior to founding the Trust, as a researcher at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Hansen Shapiro ...

As I take a drive through my town in New Jersey, it's impossible not to notice the changes that have taken place in the business landscape over the years. Many once-familiar mom-and-pop stores have ...

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History often feels like something distant, tucked away in textbooks or ancient monuments. But for children, local history is where the past feels most alive, it’s in the buildings they pass every day ...

Indigenous peoples and local communities are reporting a series of tangible and nuanced impacts of climate change, according to a new study. The study collected 1,661 firsthand reports of change in ...