Justin Glaser on LinkedIn: Scripps News to partner with POLITICO for new series    - Scripps (2024)

Getting ready to cover the 2024 Political environment and the issues that matter to our communities.

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Scripps News is thrilled to be partnering with POLITICO for a new original series. "The Race - Weekend" will bring together the award-winning reporting from both national news organizations to cover the 2024 election and the issues voters will face at the polls. More details below 👇 Kate O'Brian Brian Donlon Christina Hartman Vanessa Strouse-Kenney#politics #Journalism #politicalcoverage #economy #ScrippsNews

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Wait: election coverage that centers community instead of politicians? 😲It's real! So far, the Advancing Democracy Fellowship has helped 40 newsrooms make it so. We teamed up with Trusting News and Hearken, Inc to help make coverage around politics, elections and civic life - more transparent- more helpful- more responsive to community needs- more constructive.It's been happening, and now it could be your newsroom's chance to join in the immense satisfaction and strength many of those newsrooms are feeling. (This is a big year for elections in the U.S., you know.) We'll help you make a plan so the election doesn't just happen to you. We'll help you build reporting that doesn't deepen conflict and helps your communities navigate difficult issues in a difficult season. And we'll give you funding an extensive training to do it.If your newsroom wants to do election season differently, with heart and purpose, hit the link for all the details and to apply. Just do it by January 19! https://lnkd.in/gnwGEYj4

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Explore the role of media in shaping public opinion and its impact on democracy. Read our in-depth analysis of NPR's coverage and join the conversation on the true threats to democratic values. https://bit.ly/43RJFDd

Did you know that women watched 47.7% more minutes of broadcast news than men in 2023? As election season rolls around, having a clear view of your audiences and how they are consuming news programming can help you strategize to make the right media buy. See more in the latest article by Nielsen. https://bit.ly/3V6yBQ7

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Our founder Steven Waldman and government advertising policy manager Lori Henson found that about 83% of the counties that have no source of local news or are at risk of becoming news deserts voted Republican in 2020.Their analysis used data from Medill’s 2023 State of Local News Report along with voting patterns. The bottom line? Conservative counties are more vulnerable to losing local news.“Strengthening local news would have broad civic benefits that would make it easier for people to address their problems, more likely they understand their neighbors, and more inclined to think their voices are being heard. It could lead to happier, healthier communities, whether red, purple or blue.”Read more at Poynter Institute: https://lnkd.in/gcbZCJj5Learn more about the State of Local News Report at Medill Local News Initiative: https://lnkd.in/d-YnU8rK#LocalNews #NewsDesert #Republican #CivicEngagement #Journalism #RebuildLocalNews

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Thousands of newspapers and tens of thousands of journalism jobs have been lost in the last two decades. That pace continues: The Los Angeles Times slashed its staff by 20 percent in January. Each week, two to three small newspapers fold.It's estimated that half of U.S. counties have no access or limited access to local news sources, creating news deserts with far-reaching consequences.Living in a new desert means the loss of coverage that has enriched communities with local features for generations. But when reporters no longer show up to municipal and county meetings or cover local elections, residents lose their common source of trusted information about their government. That threatens democracy.How do we begin to counter this threat? Chris Mills Rodrigo at the Institute for Policy Studies explores some ideas. Bess Winston Brad Hamilton Karyn Colombo Victoria White Elizabeth Moore Ken McGagh Tony Loftishttps://lnkd.in/e3z8GUWJ#localnews #journalism#storycraft#informationgathering#democracy#news

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Did you know that women watched 47.7% more minutes of broadcast news than men in 2023? As election season rolls around, having a clear view of the audiences and how they are consuming news programming can help marketers strategize to make the right media buy. See more in the latest article from Nielsen (written by me!) https://bit.ly/3V6yBQ7

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This interesting study by Erik Peterson and Josh McCrain concludes that a long-held belief that coverage of local elections increases local news readership is false. It goes against the argument that having a local news source increases civic engagement, like voting, and decreases partisanship. "Even when focusing on close mayoral elections or races in years without federal elections, we fail to find beneficial changes in the audiences of local media outlets covering mayoral elections in their community." Even providing free newspaper subscriptions does not increase local news use. I guess the takeaway is you have to lure readers with all sorts of news - about culture, arts, food, sports, etc - and hope they also read the local political coverage. Readers want to be invested in ALL parts of their community, not just who runs the city. #localnews https://lnkd.in/gRfpyDQr

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📉🗞️ A recent study reveals a startling disinterest in local news, with less than 2% of 2,529 people accepting a free subscription to their local newspapers, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The study highlights the challenge of rekindling interest in local journalism in an era dominated by national media narratives. 🤔 #LocalNews #MediaIndustry #CommunityEngagementhttps://lnkd.in/gS_gSd4A

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