Local news connects communities, lifts voices, and speaks truth to power.
Independent media is needed more than ever to promote transparency and accountability in our institutions and it’s being hollowed out creating and deepening divisions.
Local news is a great equalizer and tool that improves our lives.
Local journalism serves the public interest, improves trust in each other, and in institutions and increases civic engagement.
Journalism holds elected officials to account, uncovers corruption and makes government more efficient.
The loss of local news outlets erodes trust in media and communities throughout New England lose their voice and power.
Local news delivers a shared set of facts for discussion, disagreement and action.
Local newspapers are economic engines, creating jobs in the community and helping local businesses thrive.
Local news creates and deepens community connections by highlighting what matters to you
As New England goes, so goes the nation.
Dailies have become weeklies; weeklies monthlies; one-third of U.S. newspapers will have been shuttered entirely since 2005. In New England, over 150 weekly newspapers have closed since 2014. Others have reduced the number of days they publish, laid off staff, outsourced content, or gone partly or fully digital. Circulation is plummeting: In Maine alone, readership has fallen by more than 50%. No sector of the New England economy has lost more jobs.
As of now, over a third of the country’s newspapers have shut down - an average of 2.5 per week.
Against this backdrop, we are proudly launching Journalism New England to help build, grow and sustain local news in the region.
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