Ridings: Local newspapers keep communities strong

Strong communities don’t just happen.

Ridings: Local newspapers provide reliable perspective

Meta’s recent decision to replace third-party fact-checking with a crowdsourced system called “Community Notes” further highlights the importance of local newspapers in providing reliable, vetted information to their communities.While social media platform approaches to content moderation are often...

Ridings: Why local newspapers remain trusted

The recent decision by The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times not to endorse a presidential candidate has put the issue of media trust in the spotlight – and underscores just how differently local newspapers are perceived from their national counterparts.America’s Newspapers, the leading trade...

Ridings: Local news is good for business

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill introduced in Congress, the Community News & Small Business Support Act, would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers help can’t come soon enough.