by LNIC | May 7, 2026 | LNIC News & Events, Reports
Local ecosystem assessments are an essential tool for funders, civic leaders, and newsroom leaders to reveal who is informing communities, where gaps persist, and how resources can be deployed more strategically. But many local funders and founders embarking on...
by LNIC | Apr 17, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
By Jesse Holcomb and Jorie Cho Any news organization hoping to better understand their community’s information needs will face the question of how to go about measuring that information. Some may commission a survey or focus group, others may pursue direct interviews....
by LNIC | Feb 10, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
The Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) and the Local News Impact Consortium (LNIC) this week launched Commissioning a Local News Ecosystem Assessment: An Operational Toolkit, a resource to streamline research about the audiences, news organizations, and industry...
by LNIC | Feb 5, 2026 | LNIC News & Events
Harsh Taneja This interview with Harsh Taneja (right), associate professor of new and emerging media at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is part of a series of discussions with LNIC researchers conducted by Afrooz Mosallaei, a doctoral student in the...
by Damon Kiesow | Nov 19, 2025 | LNIC News & Events
In a 2025 report analyzing the state of media in Montana, by the LOR Foundation, the authors noted that one of the important next steps would be a content analysis to understand better the patterns, themes, and overall distribution of journalism in Montana. That...
by Damon Kiesow | Nov 14, 2025 | LNIC News & Events
(Nov 14, 20205) — Rutgers University and the Local News Information Consortium will release a new study of Montana’s news and information ecosystem on Wednesday, November 19: Breadth and Depth of Montana Local News Coverage. Produced by LNIC co-founder Dr. Matt...
