by LNIC | Oct 20, 2025 | Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Toolkit
Abernathy, P. M. (2018). The expanding news desert. Chapel Hill, NC: Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, School of Media and Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bengani, P. (2020). As election looms, a network of mysterious...
by LNIC | Oct 20, 2025 | Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Toolkit
by LNIC | Oct 20, 2025 | Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Toolkit
Analyze, Publish, and Share Your Data Once the information for all outlets on your master list have been gathered, you have many options for assessing what the data reveal about your local news ecosystem. We focus here on a few basic steps, and we encourage...
by LNIC | Oct 20, 2025 | Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Toolkit
Gather Data on Outlets in the Master List Here we provide an overview of some important information to gather. It’s important to note that there are many potential data points that a well-resourced research team could gather, and some kinds of information about news...
by LNIC | Oct 20, 2025 | Newsroom Census/Ecosystem Toolkit
Create a Master List of News Outlets and Organizations After deciding what types of media/organizations/content you intend to include in your census, the next task is to assemble a master list of relevant news outlets in your chosen geographic area. This is not...
