Trusted News Media

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Local News Sustainability

Hosting practitioners, supporters, and experts to advance the rebuilding of independent, sustainable, and quality information at the local level

Topical Media Briefings

Convenings for editors, reporters, and columnist about complex issues to advance the public interest

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Urgent Calls to Action from the Local News Summit

This is a moment of urgency for journalists as the Trump administration attacks major news organizations and blocks access to reporters.

• Vivian Schiller
• V.P. & Executive Director

• Jim Friedlich
• Executive Director & CEO, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

February 21, 2025

A.I. and the Future of News

There is palpable anxiety among the news media about the rapid advance of AI tools, yet the industry ignores these technologies at its peril.

July 24, 2024

Elections, A.I., Mergers, and Investments

Lessons from the 3rd annual Local News Summit show how local news leaders are tackling the challenges of our time.

• Vivian Schiller
• V.P. & Executive Director

• Jim Friedlich
• Executive Director & CEO, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

April 23, 2024

Signposts for the Future of Local News

The decline of local news is disturbing, but the prospects for emerging solutions are encouraging. This essay series helps newsrooms answer, “What now?”

• Vivian Schiller
• V.P. & Executive Director

• David Boardman
• Board of Managers, Founding Chair, Lenfest Institute

August 22, 2022

When the Web Goes Dark

Autocrats around the world are manipulating access to the internet as a means of state control, especially in the face of protests and dissent. What can be done about it?

March 9, 2021

Covering the U.S. Elections

All eyes are on an America torn by unprecedented levels of partisan division, an onslaught of mis- and disinformation, and a president asserting victory without evidence.

December 16, 2020