304 State of Local News 2025: Smartphones surge, content creators rise, and only 15% pay

11/10/2025 19 min
304 State of Local News 2025: Smartphones surge, content creators rise, and only 15% pay

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Local news is changing faster than anyone imagined — and Northwestern University's Medill School just put numbers to the chaos. Its new State of Local News 2025 report reveals a seismic shift: smartphones have overtaken TV, content creators now rival traditional outlets, and only 15% of Americans say they're willing to pay for local journalism. For Medill's Tim Franklin and Stephanie Edgerly, the findings are both a wake-up call and a roadmap for survival. The future of local news, they warn, depends on how fast publishers adapt to audiences who've already moved on.   Access more at this episode's landing page, at: https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/state-of-local-news-2025-smartphones-surge-content-creators-rise-and-only-15-pay,258226  

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