For the past 25 years, there have been two primary ways to finance the growth of local news growth: private equity and foundation grant-making. The first, of course, has fed the consolidation of ...

This article was originally published by Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative and is republished here with permission. When Michael Shapiro started TAPinto, you couldn’t miss him ...

For years, we’ve all waited for a savior for local news — a billionaire investor, philanthropy, the next app. But one thing has become clearer with time: While we tend to look further afield, the best ...