A single dad’s relationship with Steven Universe — Dear Rebecca Sugar, There’s barely enough room in my brain to stay on top of work, when my kids are supposed to be at soccer practice, and what my password is to pay the power bill. …

LION is accepting applications for mini-grants for reporting and fundraising Last week’s news that The Denver Post would cut one-third of its already shrunken newsroom was a stark reminder of the plight of legacy newspapers and local accountability journalism. Local independent online news organizations are emerging all over the country…

“Subscribe to a local newspaper, even if you aren’t going to read it.” Because you’ll be helping rescue democracy. A variation of this statement has been made a lot lately, when major national stories highlight the impact of a local newspaper’s reporting — like the Indianapolis Star’s work in getting…

It can still be a significant source of funding for journalism. That’s why we’re offering sales mentorship to local news startups this year. No doubt, 2018 is a year in which local news publishers are focusing on reader revenue, whether that’s membership programs, paywalls and subscriptions, or something more creative. So why is LION, a nonprofit supporting local independent online news organizations, launching a program that will help publishers launch and grow advertising…

The good news, as newspaper industry consolidation continues to wreak havoc on local newsrooms, is that grassroots journalism enterprises are emerging to fill the gaps. They’re innovating sustainable business models and useful reporting techniques and engaging communities that were never well-served by legacy media. The bad news is that some…

My local newspaper publishes a defense of American slavery The following is a slightly modified letter to the editor I just submitted to my local newspaper … It’s 2017, and my local daily newspaper, the Waterbury, Connecticut-based Republican-American, has published a defense of … wait for it … American slavery. …

Gannett’s year-round layoffs hit small-town journalism hardest As long as there have been big corporate newspaper chains answering to the stock market rather than independent, family ownership, newsrooms have braced for “layoff season” — coming right before the start of a new fiscal year, or immediately following. A far more…

Margaret Sullivan is right to sound the alarm about what steep newspaper cuts are doing to local journalism across the country, but her April 16 Washington Post column, “Great local reporting stands between you and wrongdoing. …

Readers of the Valley Independent Sentinel know when Editor Eugene Driscoll’s kids are home sick from school. They are understanding (mostly) if some car trouble delays news from a school board meeting in one of their blue collar towns along Connecticut’s Naugatuck River. They know that the local online news…