DIGITALNEWSPROJECT2018TheDigitalTransitionofLocalNewsJoyJenkins,RasmusKleisNielsenContentsAbouttheAuthors4Acknowledgements4ExecutiveSummary5Introduction71.LocalNewsandDigitalMedia102.StreamliningDigitalEditorialandCommercialEfforts153.CreatingaDigital-FirstCulture214.NewBusinessModelApproaches325.TheChangingFunctionsofLocalMedia38Conclusion42References44Appendix:ListofInterviewees46THEREUTERSINSTITUTEFORTHESTUDYOFJOURNALISM4AbouttheAuthorsJoyJenkinsisapostdoctoralresearchfellowattheReutersInstitutefortheStudyofJournalism.Herresearchfocusesonthesociologyofnews,particularlychangingorganisationalstructuresandrolesinnewsrooms,thepotentialfornewsorganisationstospurpublicengagement,andgenderrepresentationsinmedia.SheearnedherdoctorateinjournalismfromtheUniversityofMissouriin2017,whereshetaughtcoursesinnewswritingandreporting,magazinereporting,newsandmedialiteracy,andqualitativeresearchmethods.Herworkhasbeenpublishedinmultipleacademicjournals.ShepreviouslyworkedasacopyeditorandreporteratanalternativenewsweeklyinOklahomaCityandassenioreditoratacitymagazineinTulsa,Oklahoma.RasmusKleisNielsenisdirectorofresearchattheReutersInstitutefortheStudyofJournalism,professorofpoliticalcommunicationattheUniversityofOxford,andeditor-in-chiefoftheInternationalJournalofPress/Politics.Hisworkfocusesonchangesinthenewsmedia,politicalcommunication,andtheroleofdigitaltechnologiesinboth.Hehasdoneextensiveresearchonjournalism,Americanpolitics,andvariousformsofactivism,andasignificantamountofcomparativeworkinwesternEuropeandbeyond.RecentbooksincludeTheChangingBusinessofJournalismanditsImplicationsforDemocracy(2010,editedwithDavidA.L.Levy),GroundWars:PersonalizedCommunicationinPoliticalCampaigns(2012),andPoliticalJournalisminTransition:WesternEuropeinaComparativePerspective(2014,editedwithRaymondKuhn).AcknowledgementsFirst,wewouldliketothankthe48intervieweesfortakingthetimetosharetheirperspectivesonnavigatingthelocalmediaenvironmentinthedigitalage.Weappreciatethetimetheytooktowelcomeustotheirnew...
