In the digital age, it’s easy to assume that traditional advertising methods like newspaper ads have become obsolete. However, newspaper advertising still offers unique advantages that can be ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Political ads are flooding communication channels right now, some disguised as legitimate newspapers. WC Wisconsin News claims to fill a void left by local news cuts, but ...

Reader support, service journalism and smart digital tools are reviving community newspapers – and strengthening civic life.

The U.S. has lost more than 2,800 newspapers since 2005, many of them in rural areas. Now some journalists are redoubling their efforts to provide local news and trying new models in a difficult ...

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In Cassville, Missouri, a town of about 3,000 people, newspaper publisher Kyle Troutman had heard that a well-connected local businessman was holding a public meeting to talk about crime and drug ...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the “Community News & Small Business Support Act,” that has been introduced in Congress would ...

Not that many years ago, the best way you could find out about businesses in town would be through your local newspaper. Your local newspaper is still a great source of advertising information, but if ...

“All politics is local,” is an old American saying. That might partly explain why democratic politics is going so badly — especially, but not only, in the United States. For local government to work ...

As proposals to help save local journalism gathered dust in Congress and mostly fizzled in state legislatures over the last year, 136 more newspapers closed, according to a new report. More than half ...