Erik Wemple’s coverage of the Scranton, Pa., newspaper’s sale reflected a daily newspaper journalist’s take on the newspaper world [“Could the local news crisis get any worse? Look at Scranton.,” ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Started back in February 2024, the normally eight-page arts and culture newspaper focused on Ohio artists, The Scribe, is a completely free-to-the-public paper aimed at making sure ...

Our commentary is from former New York Times columnist Charles Blow, on a disappearing staple of communities everywhere: Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers ...

ATLANTA -- As a kid, I remember my mom used to get the Sunday paper. I haven’t seen one in a while, but back then, the Sunday paper was a monstrosity. It came in this huge bundle with the newspaper on ...

Young people say that social media is the most common way that they get news; many add that they are only exposed to news incidentally as part of their curated social media feeds. Credit: Damian ...

To the editor: How sad that the Salinas Californian’s only sign of life is the paid obituaries that run in the Gannett-owned newspaper, which no longer employs any reporters. The free press enabled ...

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good ...

The U.S. Postal Service continues to be no friend of local newspapers. A series of national rate increases totaling double-digit percentages and the prioritizing of package deliveries over timely ...

Bev and Ron Puhalla came out of retirement 18 months ago to save their local paper, the Pawnee Republican, from closing down.