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2 weeks ago | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
The American Press Institute is convening its second API Local News Summit of 2025, addressing a challenge shared by local and community-based media of all types: commercial or nonprofit, rural or urban, start-up or legacy. In our current moment and going forward, how might local media bridge civically-oriented coverage and conversation across generations? An inclusive democracy and society requires collaboration from all Americans, regardless of age.
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3 weeks ago | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
Although news fatigue is on the rise, people often have an endless reservoir of love and care for the places they live and the neighborhoods they call home. This presents opportunities for local news leaders who want to strengthen community relationships that sustain their businesses. In April, the American Press Institute convened nearly 70 news leaders and experts from non-news spaces for our Local News Summit on Local Identity, History and Sustainability in Nashville, Tenn.
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3 weeks ago | 
editorandpublisher.com | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
Posted Monday, April 21, 2025 10:45 am If a good newspaper, as the playwright Arthur Miller said, is a “nation talking to itself,” then it follows that a good local news organization must be a town, or a community, doing the same thing.
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4 weeks ago | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
If a good newspaper, as the playwright Arthur Miller said, is a “nation talking to itself,” then it follows that a good local news organization must be a town, or a community, doing the same thing. But those conversations are quite different today than when Miller made this observation more than six decades ago. And journalists’ role in the discussion has changed amid a splintered media environment, political polarization, economic uncertainty and a national epidemic of loneliness.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
editorandpublisher.com | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
After four months of learning and experiments, our American Press Institute and Knight Election Hub cohort on influencer collaborations has concluded.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Kevin Loker |Samantha Ragland
“If I knew then that not every influencer views themselves as an influencer, I’d approach them differently with more structure and different terminology.”That’s just one of dozens of madlibs, insights and epiphanies collected during the Election + Influencer Learning Cohort supported by the American Press Institute and the Knight Election Hub. After four months of non-partisan, election-based influencer collaborations, the cohort concluded in January.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
After four months of learning and experiments, our American Press Institute and Knight Election Hub cohort on influencer collaborations has concluded.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Kevin Loker |Samantha Ragland
Americans face increasing news fatigue and dissatisfaction with national politics. But they often love and value the community they live in— and that offers opportunities for local media to embrace their geography and history in new ways. You can feel it in the naming of newer outlets. When Philadelphia’s Billy Penn started (now 10 years ago), the name pointed to the famous Founding Father whose statue sits iconically atop City Hall.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Kevin Loker |Samantha Ragland
Say the word “journalist” in our loud and online culture, and most people may think about the national coverage — especially of politics — that they see in their social media feeds or on national cable. But anyone who cares about division in our country shouldn’t forget local journalists. These people who live in the communities they serve cover what’s happening in local governments, among local businesses, the art scene and among neighbors — news that affects people deeply and daily.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
americanpressinstitute.org | Samantha Ragland |Kevin Loker
Americans face increasing news fatigue. That may feel palpable in an election year when journalists are keyed into critical issues around elections of all sizes — and polls suggest many Americans limit the information they consume or pursue on elections so they aren’t overwhelmed. The bigger picture is different. News fatigue doesn’t mean Americans spend less time online or that people care less about their communities.
