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Lückenfüller: Was kommt, wenn die Lokalzeitung geht?
Berlin: Netzwerk Recherche (2026), 77 pp.
"Die Autoren des Reports, Thomas Schnedler und Malte Werner, analysieren am Beispiel der Region Greiz im thüringischen Vogtland, welche Folgen der Bedeutungsverlust der Lokalzeitung hat. Sie haben im Dialogprojekt „Lückenfüller – Leben ohne Zeitung?“ mit 50 Bürger:innen in der Region darü
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The Local News Playbook: Creating Value for a Sustainable Future
Deep Insights
London; Miami: FT Strategies; Knight Foundation (2026), 105 pp.
"Drawing on global interviews with newsroom leaders, a cross-market survey of exemplary organisations, and FT Strategies’ work with more than 1,000 media businesses worldwide, the playbook identifies the core drivers that distinguish financially sustainable, community-rooted local news. It reframe
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Meeting the Revenue Challenge: Philanthropy's Role in Local News Growth
Philadelphia, PA: Wyncote Foundation (2026), 32 pp.
"Starting in February 2025, we set out to identify and examine success stories among local news groups, where success was sustainability in business operations, even if that term has a range of interpretations. We reasoned that the experiences of these successful organizations might carry predictive
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Local Journalism, Global Challenges: News Deserts, Infodemic and the Vastness in Between
Covilhã: LabCom; Beira Interior University (2024), 203 pp.
"[...] Pedro Jerónimo’s anthology addresses a highly relevant topic. It offers insights into the state of local media in countries where little research has been published to date. Of the eight contributions in the volume, four focus on Europe and Latin America (Romania, Portugal, Europe, and Bra
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RSF and 547 Community radios call for the protection and support of community radio stations in the Sahel
Paris: Reporters Sans Frontières (2024), 34 pp.
"We, the signatories of the appeal for the protection and support of community radio stations in the Sahel [...] call on the political authorities of the Sahel countries to combat impunity for crimes committed against community radio journalists by systematically opening investigations to ensure tha
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Local Journalism and its Audience
Journalism, volume 25, issue 12 (2024), pp. 2543-2563
"The study [conducted in Denmark] distinguishes three audience categories: non-paying, potential-paying, and paying. While all prioritise informative content, paying audiences emphasise symbolic and emotional values, seeking a sense of belonging and personally meaningful content. Non-paying audience
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Community newspapers in Zimbabwe and the phenomenon of the citizen journalist-cum-professional journalist: Rethinking a concept
Journal of Alternative & Community Media, volume 9, issue 2 (2024), pp. 197-216
"This article interrogates the phenomenon of citizen journalism in Zimbabwean community newspapers’ production processes. It questions the distinction between citizen journalism and professional journalism and calls for a rethink of ‘citizen journalism’ in the Zimbabwean context. Data were gat
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Local media: Surviving and thriving in a news desert Lessons learned from Local Media for Democracy
Deep Insights
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); Local Media for Democracy (LM4D) (2024), 59 pp.
"The Local Media for Democracy (LM4D) programme was conceived and designed to achieve exactly that: to recognise and strengthen local media operating in news deserts and to provide local communities with the timely, accurate, and relevant information they need to make informed decisions about what m
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Responsible Journalism in Conflicted Societies: Trust and Public Service Across New and Old Divides
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xii, 216 pp.
"Applying an inclusive concept of ‘conflicted societies’ that goes beyond those affected by violent conflict to include traditionally ‘stable’ but increasingly polarised democracies, such as the UK and the USA, contributors engage with longstanding questions and new challenges surrounding co
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‘Forced to report’: Affective proximity and the perils of local reporting on Syria
Journalism, volume 24, issue 2 (2023), pp. 280–294
"Based on interviews with Syrian media practitioners, this article uses the notion of affective proximity to make sense of local media practitioners’ reporting and witnessing of suffering in their country and community. I argue that the life-risking, and sometimes deadly, media practices of local
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"En esta obra se aborda la situación de violencia y desigualdad que enfrentan los periodistas en América Latina, centrándose en el caso de México por ser este el paÃs en donde se ha asesinado a un mayor número de comunicadores en los últimos 22 años. El enfoque se dirige hacia los periodista
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Local media in transitional fragile states: The cases of Iraq and Libya
Journal of Alternative and Community Media, volume 7, issue 2 (2023), pp. 137-155
"Local media that cater to their local communities are still rare in Arab countries due to government control and centralization of media production. In some transitional states, however, we observe a mushrooming of new local small media initiatives after regulation modes have changed. Yet, these me
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Contradições convergentes: Estratégias do radiojornalismo local no interior de Santa Catarina
Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias de la Comunicación, volume 22, issue 44 (2023), pp. 342-352
"Este artigo tem por objetivo identificar de que maneira a tecnologia pode afetar a produção radiojornalÃstica local. Para isso, realizou-se a análise sistemática do programa RBV NotÃcias da cidade de Videira (SC) durante dez dias do ano de 2021. Como resultados, observou-se que o programa RBV
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‘Repackaging the emptiness’: How Russian regional journalism adapts to the COVID-19 pandemic
Newspaper Research Journal, volume 44, issue 1 (2023), pp. 92-110
"The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the role news organizations play in disseminating information and shaping public response to the crisis. This study adopts an ecological approach in examining Russian regional journalists’ adaptations to the pandemic. Based on in-depth interviews, the study f
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Breite×Tiefe×Nähe: Auf der Suche nach der Erfolgsformel für spendenfinanzierten digitalen Lokaljournalismus im ländlichen Raum
Berlin: Netzwerk Recherche (2023), 50 pp.
"[...] in den vergangenen Jahren wurden in Deutschland zwar zahlreiche neue, meist digitale Lokalmedien gegründet, diese haben ihren Sitz und Schwerpunkt jedoch sehr häufig in Städten. Der Report analysiert daher die Situation und Einstellungen abseits der urbanen Zentren. Für welche Art von Lok
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"Since 2018, we’ve been tracking academic studies that show in stark terms the impact journalism has on our democracy. This research review has become a critical guide for funders, policymakers, communities, and journalists who care about creating a healthier democracy. In 2022, we overhauled this
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Femmes et médias au Congo. L'information de proximité en journalisme: Mon combat
Paris: L'Harmattan (2022), 159 pp.
"Devenir journaliste fait rêver bon nombre des Congolais. Un métier noble dont la pratique doit allier non seulement analyse et relationnel, mais aussi travail de terrain. Une option nécessaire à l’évaluation de l’éthique et de la déontologie enseignées à l’école, mais dont l’exerc
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Survival-Guide für lokale Medien: Wie der Journalismus Innovationen schafft, um nachhaltige Wege zur Unterstützung lokaler Gemeinschaften auf der ganzen Welt zu finden und gegen Desinformation vorzugehen
Potsdam; Wien: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung; International Press Institute (IPI) (2022), 20 pp.
"Die Schlüsselfragen für den Erfolg lokaler Nachrichtenmedien sind die folgenden: Lösen Sie ein Problem für ihre Zielgruppe? Identifizieren und füllen sie eine Nachrichten- oder Informationslücke für ihre Gemeinschaft bzw. Gemeinschaften? In diesem Bericht beschäftigen wir uns damit, wie Jou
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