Local Journalism and the Information Needs of Local Communities: Toward a Scalable Assessment Approach

Napoli, Philip M.; Stonbely, Sarah; McCollough, Kathleen; Renninger, Bryce J.

doi:10.4324/9781003032274-28

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“…This finding reflects a continuing trend of the nationalization of news coverage, a trend that is decades in the making, but has gotten more pronounced in recent years (Schudson 1995;Hayes and Lawless 2015). Assessing local news capacity and the relative "information needs of communities" remain crucial and growing areas of research, and the current study contributes to that literature (Napoli et al 2017).…”

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Local News Online and COVID in the U.S.: Relationships among Coverage, Cases, Deaths, and Audience

Joseph¹,

Horne²,

Green³

et al. 2021

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We present analyses from a real-time information monitoring system of online local news in the U.S. We study relationships among online local news coverage of COVID, cases and deaths in an area, and properties of local news outlets and their audiences. Our analysis relies on a unique dataset of the online content of over 300 local news outlets, encompassing over 750,000 articles over a period of 10 months spanning April 2020 to February 2021. We find that the rate of COVID coverage over time by local news outlets was primarily associated with death rates at the national level, but that this effect dissipated over the course of the pandemic as news about COVID was steadily displaced by sociopolitical events, like the 2020 U.S. elections. We also find that both the volume and content of COVID coverage differed depending on local politics, and outlet audience size, as well as evidence that more vulnerable populations received less pandemic-related news.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 52%

Local News Online and COVID in the U.S.: Relationships among Coverage, Cases, Deaths, and Audience

Joseph¹,

Horne²,

Green³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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“…The next step is increasing the production and distribution of hyperlocal information that is responsive to community‐specific information needs. This can be accomplished, in part, by renewing public investments in local journalism, an important source of hyperlocal information 30 . As the COVID‐19 pandemic unfolds, local news outlets keep communities updated on recent public health recommendations, local incidence of COVID‐19 cases, location of testing sites, and other valuable information related to mitigation and reopening efforts—all while experiencing public disinvestments, loss of advertising revenues, and eliminating subscription paywalls to allow free access to critical health information 42 .…”

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“…For example, past research has consistently found that African Americans prefer and trust local news as a source of credible health information 27,29 . However, systemic public disinvestments have devastated the local news media market and created coverage gaps, particularly in rural areas, thereby reducing the availability of relevant and credible health information to residents and their capacity to engage and act on such information 30 …”

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“…27,29 However, systemic public disinvestments have devastated the local news media market and created coverage gaps, particularly in rural areas, thereby reducing the availability of relevant and credible health information to residents and their capacity to engage and act on such information. 30 Sense Making. A robust communication infrastructure also is critical to support the ability of groups and communities to make sense of health information.…”

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“…This can be accomplished, in part, by renewing public investments in local journalism, an important source of hyperlocal information. 30 As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, local news outlets keep communities updated on recent public health recommendations, local incidence of COVID-19 cases, location of testing sites, and other valuable information related to mitigation and reopening efforts-all while experiencing public disinvestments, loss of advertising revenues, and eliminating subscription paywalls to allow free access to critical health information. 42 For example, recognizing the value of local journalism as a vital information source, New Jersey decided to invest public funds in rebuilding the state local news infrastructure.…”

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The Communication Infrastructure as a Social Determinant of Health: Implications for Health Policymaking and Practice

Goulbourne¹,

Yanovitzky²

2021

Milbank Quarterly

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Persistent communication inequalities limit racial/ethnic minority access to life-saving health information and make them more vulnerable to the effects of misinformation. r Establishing data collection systems that detect and track acute gaps in the supply and/or access of racial/ethnic minority groups to credible health information is long overdue. r Public investments and support for minority-serving media and community outlets are needed to close persistent gaps in access to credible health information.

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The Relevance of Duration in Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Illegal Gold Mining in Nigeria

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of illegal gold miners and gold mining stakeholders in Zamfara, Nigeria, on the efficacy of a stakeholder collaboration in reducing illegal gold mining (IGM) activities. The study was conducted between 8 September 2020 and 16 March 2021, using a multilevel convergent mixed methods research design. Illegal gold miners identified in seven communities within Anka, Bukkuyum and Mara were invited to participate in a paper and pen survey, resulting in 605 returned questionnaires. Equally, eight stakeholders were sampled for interview. A joint display comparison of the results from the illegal gold miners and the stakeholders indicated mixed reactions in their perceptions. Both the illegal gold miners and stakeholders perceived that the short collaboration between the media and other stakeholders affected the prevention of IGM behaviour. However, compared to the miners, the stakeholders were more satisfied with the short media collaboration.

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Local Journalism and the Information Needs of Local Communities: Toward a Scalable Assessment Approach

Cited by 7 publications

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Local News Online and COVID in the U.S.: Relationships among Coverage, Cases, Deaths, and Audience

Local News Online and COVID in the U.S.: Relationships among Coverage, Cases, Deaths, and Audience

The Communication Infrastructure as a Social Determinant of Health: Implications for Health Policymaking and Practice

The Relevance of Duration in Stakeholder Collaboration to Prevent Illegal Gold Mining in Nigeria

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