Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. It can be difficult to discuss the problem of the local news crisis. On the one hand, the problems are apparent and easily ...

Local TV newscasts continue to be a primary source of trust with viewers. In a time of political division, a survey from Pew Research found 75% of U.S. adults have at least some trust in the ...

This article was originally published on Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative website and is republished here with permission. News deserts are not a new phenomenon. Throughout the ...

Note: This 2023 fact sheet was part of the last update to our State of the News Media report. For more updated survey data on Americans’ news habits, refer to the list below: Read archived reports on ...

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, ...