Nonprofit news outlets are playing a growing role in statehouse coverage
Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
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Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
About half (48%) of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” a 5 percentage point decline compared with 2020. More than half of Twitter users get news on the site regularly.
The declining public trust in the news media and polarization of news audiences have profound effects on civic life.
The total number of journalists assigned to state capitol buildings is up 11% since 2014, though figures vary widely by state. And as newspapers employ fewer statehouse reporters, nonprofits are filling much of the void.
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