Google, McClatchy collaborating on local news experiment

Google and the McClatchy publishing company say they will work together on an experiment launching three digital-only outlets to provide local news in U.S. communities that are currently news "deserts."

Problem of local news deserts is widespread, study finds

Research from Duke University provides comprehensive new evidence of the magnitude of the problem of "news deserts"– communities where news and information about critical local issues is nonexistent or severely limited.

Study: Local newspapers keep politicians accountable

In areas where members of Congress get lots of ink in local newspapers, voters are more informed and representatives do more to serve local interests, according to a study to be published next week in the Journal of Political ...

NY Times launches local websites network

The New York Times has launched an experimental network of websites providing local community news and information for residents of neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey.