Local News

Americans are more likely to get news on Twitter and Facebook than ever before. Our new study explores the similarities and differences in the role of news on these two social networks.

We asked residents in Denver, Macon, Ga., and Sioux City, Iowa, about the actions they take to gather, share and add to the news in their communities.

Our annual report surveys the landscape of U.S. journalism, from the changes driven by mobile devices to the ups and downs of legacy news organizations.

We wanted to analyze the role Facebook played as a means for people to hear about, discuss and share local news. But getting the data we needed wasn't easy.

Here's a rundown of what worked and what didn't in using Twitter for our research of three local news ecosystems.

And more think keeping up with local news has gotten easier than harder, according to our analysis of the media landscape in three U.S. cities.

Crime consistently ranks as one of the most followed and discussed topics by the public, and it receives more attention in local news media than almost any other subject. A recent Pew Research Center report reinforces these findings but also suggests that certain groups of residents pay closer attention to local crime than others in […]

Pew Research Center's new report examines the local news environment in three U.S. metropolitan areas of different population size and demographic makeup.

Our new report on local news in a digital age looks at both the organizations providing the news and the residents consuming it.