As the U.S. news industry faces a new mobile reality, how is it faring? From broadcast to print to ethnic and more, this year’s annual report on the state of the news media takes stock.
We wanted to analyze the role Facebook played as a means for people to hear about, discuss and share local news. But getting the data we needed wasn't easy.
Here's a rundown of what worked and what didn't in using Twitter for our research of three local news ecosystems.
And more think keeping up with local news has gotten easier than harder, according to our analysis of the media landscape in three U.S. cities.
Crime consistently ranks as one of the most followed and discussed topics by the public, and it receives more attention in local news media than almost any other subject. A recent Pew Research Center report reinforces these findings but also suggests that certain groups of residents pay closer attention to local crime than others in […]
Pew Research Center's new report examines the local news environment in three U.S. metropolitan areas of different population size and demographic makeup.
Our new report on local news in a digital age looks at both the organizations providing the news and the residents consuming it.
In-depth case studies in three disparate cities (Denver, Macon and Sioux City) show that local news still matters, with nearly nine-in-ten city residents following it closely.
How various demographic groups in Denver, Macon and Sioux City interact with news in their local ecosystem