Studies Understanding local news and information ecosystems To add your organization’s study to the list, please contact update@localnewsimpact.org. Be sure to include a PDF and a link to the original research in your message. YearRegionOriginal SourceFile2025OregonAssessing Oregon’s Local News & Information Ecosystem 2025Open File2025Central AppalachiaThe State of the News Business in Central Appalachia - Models for ReinvestmentOpen File2025WyomingCommunity Information Needs and Habits in WyomingOpen File2025WashingtonFrom News Deserts to Nonprofit Resilience: Assessing the Health of Washington’s Local News EcosystemOpen File2025USALocal Journalist Index 2025Open File2025MontanaSpecial Report: Montana’s Media Landscape Open File2024New JerseyImpact Architects New JerseyOpen File2024MarylandMaryland Local News Ecosystem StudyOpen File2024OklahomaOklahoma Media Center 2023 Impact ReportOpen File2024UKUK Local News ReportOpen File2024NebraskaNebraska Local News Ecosystems Report 2024Open File2024MinnesotaMinnesota's Local News Ecosystem Report 2024 Open File2024USAAAPI News Media: Origins and FuturesOpen File2024ArizonaImpact Architects: ArizonaOpen File2024ChicagoImpact Architects: ChicagoOpen File2024ColoradoImpact Architects: ColoradoOpen File2024GeorgiaImpact Architects: GeorgiaOpen File2024MichiganImpact Architects: MichiganOpen File2024North CarolinaImpact Architects: North CarolinaOpen File2024New MexicoImpact Architects: New MexicoOpen File2024OklahomaImpact Architects: OklahomaOpen File2024District of ColumbiaImpact Architects: Washington D.C.Open File2024San FranciscoLocal Voices on Local News: Community Perspectives and Policy Recommendations for Strengthening San Francisco's Journalism EcosystemOpen File2024MinnesotaMinnesota Community News Landscape TodayOpen File2023GeorgiaGeorgia News Landscape AnalysisOpen File2023North CarolinaLocal News for Whom? A News Media Census of North CarolinaOpen File2023New JerseyInformation Needs Assessments in Three New Jersey CommunitiesOpen File2023Oakland“Más Información” An Information Needs Assessment of Latino Immigrants in Oakland CaliforniaOpen File2023OklahomaOklahoma's News Media Ecosystem Phase II Research Status and Suggestions for Local NewsOpen File2023PhiladelphiaHealthy Local News & Information Ecosystems: PhiladelphiaOpen File2023WashingtonThe Decline of Local News and Its Impact on DemocracyOpen File2023UKDeserts, Oases and Drylands: Mapping the UK’s local news outlets Open File2023USAState of Local NewsOpen File2023GeorgiaGeorgia Landscape AnalysisOpen File2023USAThe Roadmap for Local News: An Emergent Approach to Meeting Civic Information NeedsOpen File2022OregonAssessing Oregon’s Local News & Information Ecosystem Connecting news, information, and civic healthOpen File2022ColoradoIntroducing the Colorado News Mapping ProjectOpen File2021CaliforniaInland Empire Information Ecosystem Assessment by Listening Post CollectiveOpen File2021New JerseyWhat Makes For Robust Local News Provision?Open File2021New MexicoNew Mexico Local News Fund Southern New Mexico News & Information Ecosystem AssessmentOpen File2020USANews Deserts And Ghost Newspapers: Will Local News Survive?Open File2020New EnglandWe studied local news in New England. Here’s what we found.Open File2020USAMapping Black MediaOpen File2020USAA Guide to Assessing Your Local News EcosystemOpen File2019ColoradoAnnual Report 2019Open File2019FresnoAn Information Ecosystem Assessment of South Fresno and Surrounding Rural CommunitiesOpen File2019USAWho’s Producing Local Journalism? Assessing Journalistic Output Across Different Outlet TypesOpen File2019New JerseyThe State of Ethnic and Community Media in New JerseyOpen File2019USAThe State of the Latino News MediaOpen File2019USAMapping local news ecosystems, Phase 1: Meta-review of the literature, a typology of ecosystem studies, and a proposed method for the ideal ecosystem studyOpen File2019USAWhat is a news ecosystem?Open File2018ColoradoLocal News is a Public GoodOpen File2018ChicagoChicago News LandscapeOpen File2018New MexicoAdvancing Sustainable, Reliable Journalism in New MexicoOpen File2018New York CityThe Future of Local News in New York CityOpen File2018PhiladelphiaBeing Informed: A Study of the Information Needs and Habits of Philadelphia ResidentsOpen File2018USAAssessing Local Journalism: News Deserts, Journalism Divides, and the Determinants of the Robustness of Local NewsOpen File2017ChicagoThe Shape of Chicago’s Media Ecosystem and Possible Paths ForwardOpen File2017DetroitDetroit Journalism LandscapeOpen File2017North CarolinaLearning from North Carolina Exploring the News and Information EcosystemOpen File2017OmahaNorth Omaha Information Ecosystem AssessmentOpen File2017Puerto RicoGetting Connected: An Assessment of Information Needs in Puerto Rico after Hurricane MariaOpen File2016New JerseyJersey Shore Information Needs AssessmentOpen File2015New JerseyAssessing the Health of Local Journalism Ecosystems: A Comparative Analysis of Three New Jersey CommunitiesOpen File2015USALocal News in a Digital AgeOpen File2013Siler City, NCThe Stories Not Told: A Case Study of the Information Needs of Siler City, North CarolinaOpen File2011ChicagoLinking Audiences to news: A network Analysis of Chicago websitesOpen File2010BaltimoreHow News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American CityOpen File2010PhiladelphiaExploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative In PhiladelphiaOpen File2017USAAssessing News Media Infrastructure: A State-Level AnalysisOpen File2025San AntonioReimagining local news in the heart of Texas: What we learned researching San Antonio’s media landscapeOpen File2025JascksonvilleJacksonville needs neighborhood news: Lessons from our latest landscape analysisOpen File2022DelawareDelaware’s Local News & Information Ecosystem Assessment: Key Findings and OpportunitiesOpen File2023Montgomery County, PALatinx/Latino Information Ecosystem AssessmentOpen File2025USACenter for Community News: National Impact StudyOpen File2025Yolo County, CAYolo County News & Information EcosystemOpen File2025PhiladelphiaInforming Philadelphia: Strengths and Gaps in Local Media’s Coverage of Critical Information NeedsOpen File2025UKLocal News Commission: Regenerating Local News in the UKOpen File2025USAWords That Work: A Toolkit for NewsroomsOpen File