by LNIC | Jul 3, 2026 | LNIC News & Events, Reports
How do you measure the health of local journalism in a community? For years, the default answer has been to count outlets— how many newspapers, digital news sites or radio stations serve a given area. A new study led by Matthew Weber and the Computational Research,...
by LNIC | May 18, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
LNIC’s working group on the Economic Impact of Local News is seeking one or more research assistants to join a project investigating the tangible economic value of local news ecosystems. This work goes beyond traditional civic metrics to build an overarching...
by LNIC | May 7, 2026 | LNIC News & Events, Reports
Local ecosystem assessments are an essential tool for funders, civic leaders, and newsroom leaders to reveal who is informing communities, where gaps persist, and how resources can be deployed more strategically. But many local funders and founders embarking on...
by LNIC | Apr 17, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
By Jesse Holcomb and Jorie Cho Any news organization hoping to better understand their community’s information needs will face the question of how to go about measuring that information. Some may commission a survey or focus group, others may pursue direct interviews....
by LNIC | Feb 10, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Local News Impact Consortium (LNIC) this week launched Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit, a resource to streamline research about the audiences, news organizations, and industry...
