Local Information Ecosystem Studies

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YearRegionOriginal SourceFile
2025OregonAssessing Oregon’s Local News & Information Ecosystem 2025Open File
2025Central AppalachiaThe State of the News Business in Central Appalachia - Models for ReinvestmentOpen File
2025WyomingCommunity Information Needs and Habits in WyomingOpen File
2025WashingtonFrom News Deserts to Nonprofit Resilience: Assessing the Health of Washington’s Local News EcosystemOpen File
2025USALocal Journalist Index 2025Open File
2025MontanaSpecial Report: Montana’s Media Landscape Open File
2024New JerseyImpact Architects New JerseyOpen File
2024MarylandMaryland Local News Ecosystem StudyOpen File
2024OklahomaOklahoma Media Center 2023 Impact ReportOpen File
2024UKUK Local News ReportOpen File
2024NebraskaNebraska Local News Ecosystems Report 2024Open File
2024MinnesotaMinnesota's Local News Ecosystem Report 2024 Open File
2024USAAAPI News Media: Origins and FuturesOpen File
2024ArizonaImpact Architects: ArizonaOpen File
2024ChicagoImpact Architects: ChicagoOpen File
2024ColoradoImpact Architects: ColoradoOpen File
2024GeorgiaImpact Architects: GeorgiaOpen File
2024MichiganImpact Architects: MichiganOpen File
2024North CarolinaImpact Architects: North CarolinaOpen File
2024New MexicoImpact Architects: New MexicoOpen File
2024OklahomaImpact Architects: OklahomaOpen File
2024District of ColumbiaImpact Architects: Washington D.C.Open File
2024San FranciscoLocal Voices on Local News: Community Perspectives and Policy Recommendations for Strengthening San Francisco's Journalism EcosystemOpen File
2024MinnesotaMinnesota Community News Landscape TodayOpen File
2023GeorgiaGeorgia News Landscape AnalysisOpen File
2023North CarolinaLocal News for Whom? A News Media Census of North CarolinaOpen File
2023New JerseyInformation Needs Assessments in Three New Jersey CommunitiesOpen File
2023Oakland“Más Información” An Information Needs Assessment of Latino Immigrants in Oakland CaliforniaOpen File
2023OklahomaOklahoma's News Media Ecosystem Phase II Research Status and Suggestions for Local NewsOpen File
2023PhiladelphiaHealthy Local News & Information Ecosystems: PhiladelphiaOpen File
2023WashingtonThe Decline of Local News and Its Impact on DemocracyOpen File
2023UKDeserts, Oases and Drylands: Mapping the UK’s local news outlets Open File
2023USAState of Local NewsOpen File
2023GeorgiaGeorgia Landscape AnalysisOpen File
2023USAThe Roadmap for Local News: An Emergent Approach to Meeting Civic Information NeedsOpen File
2022OregonAssessing Oregon’s Local News & Information Ecosystem Connecting news, information, and civic healthOpen File
2022ColoradoIntroducing the Colorado News Mapping ProjectOpen File
2021CaliforniaInland Empire Information Ecosystem Assessment by Listening Post CollectiveOpen File
2021New JerseyWhat Makes For Robust Local News Provision?Open File
2021New MexicoNew Mexico Local News Fund Southern New Mexico News & Information Ecosystem AssessmentOpen File
2020USANews Deserts And Ghost Newspapers: Will Local News Survive?Open File
2020New EnglandWe studied local news in New England. Here’s what we found.Open File
2020USAMapping Black MediaOpen File
2020USAA Guide to Assessing Your Local News EcosystemOpen File
2019ColoradoAnnual Report 2019Open File
2019FresnoAn Information Ecosystem Assessment of South Fresno and Surrounding Rural CommunitiesOpen File
2019USAWho’s Producing Local Journalism? Assessing Journalistic Output Across Different Outlet TypesOpen File
2019New JerseyThe State of Ethnic and Community Media in New JerseyOpen File
2019USAThe State of the Latino News MediaOpen File
2019USAMapping local news ecosystems, Phase 1: Meta-review of the literature, a typology of ecosystem studies, and a proposed method for the ideal ecosystem studyOpen File
2019USAWhat is a news ecosystem?Open File
2018ColoradoLocal News is a Public GoodOpen File
2018ChicagoChicago News LandscapeOpen File
2018New MexicoAdvancing Sustainable, Reliable Journalism in New MexicoOpen File
2018New York CityThe Future of Local News in New York CityOpen File
2018PhiladelphiaBeing Informed: A Study of the Information Needs and Habits of Philadelphia ResidentsOpen File
2018USAAssessing Local Journalism: News Deserts, Journalism Divides, and the Determinants of the Robustness of Local NewsOpen File
2017ChicagoThe Shape of Chicago’s Media Ecosystem and Possible Paths ForwardOpen File
2017DetroitDetroit Journalism LandscapeOpen File
2017North CarolinaLearning from North Carolina Exploring the News and Information EcosystemOpen File
2017OmahaNorth Omaha Information Ecosystem AssessmentOpen File
2017Puerto RicoGetting Connected: An Assessment of Information Needs in Puerto Rico after Hurricane MariaOpen File
2016New JerseyJersey Shore Information Needs AssessmentOpen File
2015New JerseyAssessing the Health of Local Journalism Ecosystems: A Comparative Analysis of Three New Jersey CommunitiesOpen File
2015USALocal News in a Digital AgeOpen File
2013Siler City, NCThe Stories Not Told: A Case Study of the Information Needs of Siler City, North CarolinaOpen File
2011ChicagoLinking Audiences to news: A network Analysis of Chicago websitesOpen File
2010BaltimoreHow News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American CityOpen File
2010PhiladelphiaExploring a Networked Journalism Collaborative In PhiladelphiaOpen File
2017USAAssessing News Media Infrastructure: A State-Level AnalysisOpen File