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Here’s a new database for local news research, from Syracuse University and Rebuild Local News

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Local stories by nonprofit college media resonated nationally at the start of 2026

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Creator journalism is the most disruptive shift the news industry has seen, ex-BBC News head says

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When ICE came to Minneapolis, readers turned to The Minnesota Star Tribune’s free live blog

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These for-profit local news sites have become the “papers” of record in their communities

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Minnesota — and its public radio station — kept everyone’s attention at the start of 2026

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“Affiliation, not just access”: Newsrooms try to move beyond membership to a focus on “belonging”

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The European Union backs Italy’s right to make Meta pay for news

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In Atlanta, the push for digital subscriptions hasn’t taken off as much as hoped

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Behind the scenes at Wirecutter for an epic duel of air purifiers

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Semafor’s new AI tool helped boil down its entire flagship conference into nine takeaways

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News podcasts are, increasingly, something you watch (but The Daily still works best as audio)

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Google highlights links from subscribed publications in new AI Overviews update

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Australia’s building a great system to fund local journalism — but it doesn’t want to use it

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ProPublica gets a new look built to work across platforms

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The Intercept didn’t just publish a story about ICE

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Newsletters, live coverage, a one-time magazine: The World Cup is becoming a testbed for journalism experiments.

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People are stressed out by most news that isn’t local news, according to a new study

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More scoops, less aggregation and analysis: How Casey Newton is revamping his newsletter to compete with AI

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“Like nailing Jell-O to a wall”: Why unions are struggling to protect journalists’ rights in the age of AI

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