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1 week ago | 
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Eric Rynston-Lobel |Mark Caro |Paul Farhi |Hannah Carroll
Melanie Jongsma still smiles when you call her a ‘YouTuber.’ It’s not a title she would’ve imagined being associated with when she took over as publisher of The Lansing Journal in 2020. All she wanted at the time was to keep local news afloat in her hometown in the south suburbs of Chicago. But as recently as nine months ago, some of the videos she posted to The Lansing Journal’s YouTube channel received north of 90,000 views. “We used to consider 1,000 views really good,” Jongsma said.
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2 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Hannah Carroll
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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2 weeks ago | 
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Mark Caro |Paul Farhi |Hannah Carroll
In April 2024 the Local News Initiative, in conjunction with the Knight Lab at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Communications and Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung USA, published a report titled, “Impact of AI on Local News Models: AI Is Disrupting the Local News Industry.
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3 weeks ago | 
motherandbaby.com | Hannah Carroll
When a relationship ends, especially one involving young children, it can be overwhelming to figure out the next steps. For many, learning how to co-parent can feel like an impossible task, filled with friction, emotion, conflict, and confusion. But according to coach and author Marcie Shaoul, it doesn't have to be that way.
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3 weeks ago | 
motherandbaby.com | Hannah Carroll
Can you believe Made in Chelsea favourite Lucy Watson first hit our screens in 2012? She won over fans with her straight-talking attitude and cool confidence. Since leaving the show almost a decade ago, she’s stayed true to her long-standing plant-based lifestyle, becoming a vegan author, launching a stunning sustainable brand, and welcoming her first child, Willoughby, with husband James Dunmore.
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3 weeks ago | 
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Paul Farhi |Mark Caro |Hannah Carroll |Autumn Brewington
As Hurricane Helene ravaged the mountain communities of western North Carolina last fall, Blue Ridge Public Radio remained a beacon in the storm. With power knocked out throughout the region, the organization turned to portable generators to keep its two stations on the air. For days during and after the deluge, BPR was the only source of lifesaving news: weather updates, road closures, potable water locations. BPR now confronts a different kind of calamity.
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1 month ago | 
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Mark Caro |Hannah Carroll |Autumn Brewington
With the 2020 purchase of the Cook County News Herald in Northeast Minnesota, Jeremy Gulban launched the fast-growing CherryRoad Media chain of community newspapers. The company’s portfolio has ballooned to 94 newspapers—all but one print, most weekly—as CEO Gulban tries on the fly to make his business model sustainable for CherryRoad and a greater local news industry working in the shadows of Big Tech.
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1 month ago | 
motherandbaby.com | Hannah Carroll
Playmats are a staple in family homes around the world, but if you’ve ever spent hours trawling through Amazon trying to find one that doesn’t completely ruin your carefully curated decor, you’ll know the struggle all too well.
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1 month ago | 
editorandpublisher.com | Hannah Carroll
Posted Tuesday, May 6, 2025 10:11 am Oregon, Washington State, Illinois, Hawaii and New York all have proposed legislation this year to recoup money from Big Tech platforms, mainly Google and Meta, for revenue gained from publishing local news content. These bills follow California’s handshake deal with Google, announced last August, that would allocate about $125 million over five years from the state and Google toward California’s local journalism. Additional funds would establish a...
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1 month ago | 
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu | Hannah Carroll |Mark Caro |Autumn Brewington
Oregon, Washington State, Illinois, Hawaii and New York all have proposed legislation this year to recoup money from Big Tech platforms, mainly Google and Meta, for revenue gained from publishing local news content. These bills follow California’s handshake deal with Google, announced last August, that would allocate about $125 million over five years from the state and Google toward California’s local journalism. Additional funds would establish a National AI Accelerator.
