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    Articles by Sophie Culpepper

    Sophie Culpepper is a staff writer at Nieman Lab focused on covering local news. She previously co-founded the hyperlocal Lexington Observer, where she reported on public schools, local government, economic development, and public safety among other topics as the digital news nonprofit’s only full-time journalist for two years. She graduated from Brown University in 2021 and was a managing editor on The Brown Daily Herald’s editorial board.
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    November 19, 2024
    The Green Line creates local news for the people turning away from “big-J journalism”
    The Green Line combines events, explainers, and solutions to appeal to young Torontonians.
    November 5, 2024
    Student journalists, filling local news gaps, step up to cover the 2024 election
    The Center for Community News at the University of Vermont is leading “the first nationally coordinated effort to strengthen university-led election coverage.”
    October 30, 2024
    Is the crime news people crave the crime news they need?
    “We need to better understand what people mean when they say ‘safety.’”
    October 23, 2024
    Medill’s 2024 State of Local News report expands what it qualifies as local news — and asks readers to point out what it missed
    This year’s report documents “network local news sites” like Patch and Axios Local for the first time.
    October 16, 2024
    Press Forward awards $20 million to 205 small local newsrooms
    In response to the volume and quality of applications, Press Forward doubled the funding and number of grantees for this open call.
    October 15, 2024
    Midwestern news nonprofit The Beacon shuts down its Wichita newsroom
    “We’ve realized that we can’t do it all, and have made the decision to no longer have a staffed newsroom in Wichita.”
    September 30, 2024
    Why does the Wichita Beacon keep losing reporters?
    The Kansas City Beacon seemed to be a nonprofit news success story. So what’s going wrong in Wichita?
    September 17, 2024
    Local journalists try new methods to reach, serve, and build trust with audiences
    “If you’re not reaching the people that you want to reach, then what’s the point of doing the work?”
    September 11, 2024
    The California Google deal could leave out news startups and the smallest publishers
    “We don’t know whether or how this nonprofit and its fund will operate, and likely won’t for some months (nonprofit governance is many things, but fast is not one of them).”
    Most Americans consume at least some local crime news — but TV news watchers probably see the most
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