Sarah Scire is the deputy editor of Nieman Lab. Previously, she worked at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and The New York Times.
“The rhetoric and actions that Trump and his allies take at a national level are being mimicked across the country at a much smaller level. Whether they’re Trump supporters or not, they’re taking cues from the President of the United States.”
Most news publishers stop short of producing content for an individual journalist’s accounts. “Because, as the thinking goes, what happens if that person leaves and takes all their audience with them?”
The Media Power Collaborative compares local news to public goods like safe roads and public education. Will excluding newspaper chains and hedge fund owners make public funding for local news any easier to achieve?
“If policy is being crafted that impacts our members, I think it’s important that we are making efforts to help shape it to their benefit. The sausage-making is going to happen whether we choose to be a part of it or not.”
Scire, Sarah. "Local news orgs missed out on political ad money in 2024, and other takeaways from a survey of local media companies." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 16 Jan. 2025. Web. 15 Mar. 2025.
APA
Scire, S. (2025, Jan. 16). Local news orgs missed out on political ad money in 2024, and other takeaways from a survey of local media companies. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/local-news-orgs-missed-out-on-political-ad-money-in-2024-and-other-takeaways-from-a-survey-of-local-media-companies/
Chicago
Scire, Sarah. "Local news orgs missed out on political ad money in 2024, and other takeaways from a survey of local media companies." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified January 16, 2025. Accessed March 15, 2025. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/local-news-orgs-missed-out-on-political-ad-money-in-2024-and-other-takeaways-from-a-survey-of-local-media-companies/.
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