Updates

A LETTER FROM OUR CEO AND CO-FOUNDER ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

Last month I published Local News Can Build Stronger Communities: Three Strategies for Addressing the Local News Crisis.

NEWSPAPERS IN RURAL AMERICA AS INCUBATORS OF CHANGE

The challenges facing local journalism are well-documented, but nowhere are those challenges more acute than in rural America.

ROSS MCDUFFIE JOINS THE TRUST AS CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER

APR 24 | 2023 The Board and staff of the National Trust for Local News are thrilled to announce the appointment of Ross McDuffie as its...

LOCAL NEWS CAN BUILD STRONGER LOCAL COMMUNITIES

The Roadmap For Local News is a welcome addition to the urgent agenda of addressing the local news crisis in our communities.

MIZELL STEWART III JOINS THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS

In more than three decades as a journalist, Mizell Stewart III has been an award-winning reporter...

WE'RE HIRING: CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER

The National Trust for Local News preserves and transforms legacy community news outlets facing succession and other transitions of...

A Q&A WITH LEE F. SACHNOFF

The Trust’s first major investment came in spring 2021 with the purchase of Colorado Community Media

A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

In May 2021 we heard from Bill Patterson, a publisher in North Texas ready to write the next chapter for his century-old community newspaper

NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS ANNOUNCES NEW MODEL OF COMMUNITY JOURNALISM

SEP 27 | 2022 “Public media community anchor” in Texas keeps local news in local hands. DENTON, TEXAS⸺The National Trust for Local News...

IT'S OFFICIAL: NTLN BECOMES A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT

We are thrilled to share that the IRS has approved our designation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

THREE LESSONS FROM OUR FIRST SUCCESSION-PLANNING WORKSHOP

Succession is a perilous time for small or family-owned businesses, and community newspapers are no different. We often hear from publishers

A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

I am awed by all our small team and board have accomplished in the first six months of this year

A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

Amazingly, and with the support of our incredible partners and some extra strong coffee, our pioneering work in Colorado passed the one-year

LITTLE WINS, BIG CHANGES: THE CASE FOR EXPERIMENT-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION

In May of 2021, the National Trust for Local News acquired the 24 local weekly papers of Colorado Community Media, and made them the....

2021 ANNUAL REPORT LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

Local news is too vital to vanish: Community newspapers are key to thriving local electorates and local economies. Yet 3 million Americans

A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO

A year ago, Marc Hand, Steve Waldman and I spent a string of Saturday mornings thinking together about the future of local news. We kept ret