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Sep 26, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer
The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Knight Foundation is a social investor committed to supporting informed and engaged communities. Learn more >Americans’ relationship with local news is changing.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Elisa Shearer
Posted Thursday, September 26, 2024 3:44 pm Americans’ relationship with local news is changing. More are getting news online, and fewer are turning to sources like daily newspapers, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted earlier this year.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by Pew Research Center, is a nationally representative panel of randomly selected U.S. adults. Panelists participate via self-administered web surveys. Panelists who do not have internet access at home are provided with a tablet and wireless internet connection. Interviews are conducted in both English and Spanish. The panel is being managed by Ipsos. Data in this report is drawn from ATP Wave 141, conducted from Jan.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
The share of Americans who say they follow local news very closely now stands at 22% – a decline of 15 percentage points since 2016, when 37% of U.S. adults said the same. Most U.S. adults (66%) still say they follow local news at least somewhat closely, although this number is also down. Roughly eight-in-ten adults (78%) followed local news at least somewhat closely in 2016.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
Local news topics range from useful daily information like weather and traffic, to civic information about local government, crime and the economy, to cultural news about the arts and sports. Majorities of Americans say they get news at least sometimes about each of these topics, although weather is the only one followed often by most Americans.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
The way Americans get local news is changing, both in terms of which devices they’re using and who is delivering the news. Television is still the most common way people prefer to get their local news, but it is no longer dominant as digital pathways to news continue to rise. About a third of U.S. adults (32%) say they prefer to get their local news via television, a decline from 41% in 2018.
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May 7, 2024 | 
pewresearch.org | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
As news consumption habits become more digital, U.S. adults continue to see value in local outletsThe Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Knight Foundation is a social investor committed to supporting informed and engaged communities.
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May 7, 2024 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Elisa Shearer |Katerina Eva Matsa |Michael Lipka |Kirsten Eddy
Posted Tuesday, May 7, 2024 11:15 am The local news landscape in America is going through profound changes as both news consumers and producers continue to adapt to a more digital news environment.
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Nov 28, 2023 | 
pewresearch.org | Michael Lipka |Elisa Shearer
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, according to recent Pew Research Center surveys. And audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media – such as local TV stations, most newspapers and public radio – even as they grow for newer platforms like podcasts, as well as for a few specific media brands. Pew Research Center has long tracked trends in the news industry.
