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Mar 13, 2024
NATIONAL TRUST LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING COMMERCIAL PRINTING FACILITY TO SERVE COLORADO'S LOCAL NEWS ECOSYSTEM
MAR 13 | 2024 The National Trust for Local News is proud to announce the launch of a mission-driven commercial printing facility...
Mar 6, 2024
NATIONAL TRUST TAPS TWO SEASONED MEDIA EXECUTIVES TO DRIVE INNOVATION AND GROWTH ACROSS PORTFOLIO
MAR 06 | 2024 Today, the National Trust for Local News owns and operates 64 community newspapers across Maine, Colorado, and Georgia – 64...
Dec 16, 2023
GEORGIA TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS LAUNCHES
to conserve and strengthen community news in Middle and South Georgia DEC 16 | 2023 National Trust for Local News subsidiary will sustain...
Jun 6, 2023
A LETTER FROM OUR CEO AND CO-FOUNDER ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
Last month I published Local News Can Build Stronger Communities: Three Strategies for Addressing the Local News Crisis.
Jun 6, 2023
NEWSPAPERS IN RURAL AMERICA AS INCUBATORS OF CHANGE
The challenges facing local journalism are well-documented, but nowhere are those challenges more acute than in rural America.
Apr 24, 2023
ROSS MCDUFFIE JOINS THE TRUST AS CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER
APR 24 | 2023 The Board and staff of the National Trust for Local News are thrilled to announce the appointment of Ross McDuffie as its...
Mar 20, 2023
LOCAL NEWS CAN BUILD STRONGER LOCAL COMMUNITIES
The Roadmap For Local News is a welcome addition to the urgent agenda of addressing the local news crisis in our communities.
Feb 6, 2023
MIZELL STEWART III JOINS THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS
In more than three decades as a journalist, Mizell Stewart III has been an award-winning reporter...
Dec 9, 2022
WE'RE HIRING: CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER
The National Trust for Local News preserves and transforms legacy community news outlets facing succession and other transitions of...
Oct 31, 2022
A Q&A WITH LEE F. SACHNOFF
The Trust’s first major investment came in spring 2021 with the purchase of Colorado Community Media
Oct 31, 2022
A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
In May 2021 we heard from Bill Patterson, a publisher in North Texas ready to write the next chapter for his century-old community newspaper
Sep 27, 2022
NATIONAL TRUST FOR LOCAL NEWS ANNOUNCES NEW MODEL OF COMMUNITY JOURNALISM
SEP 27 | 2022 “Public media community anchor” in Texas keeps local news in local hands. DENTON, TEXAS⸺The National Trust for Local News...
Aug 2, 2022
IT'S OFFICIAL: NTLN BECOMES A 501(c)(3) NONPROFIT
We are thrilled to share that the IRS has approved our designation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Aug 1, 2022
THREE LESSONS FROM OUR FIRST SUCCESSION-PLANNING WORKSHOP
Succession is a perilous time for small or family-owned businesses, and community newspapers are no different. We often hear from publishers
Aug 1, 2022
A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
I am awed by all our small team and board have accomplished in the first six months of this year
May 23, 2022
A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
Amazingly, and with the support of our incredible partners and some extra strong coffee, our pioneering work in Colorado passed the one-year
May 10, 2022
LITTLE WINS, BIG CHANGES: THE CASE FOR EXPERIMENT-DRIVEN TRANSFORMATION
In May of 2021, the National Trust for Local News acquired the 24 local weekly papers of Colorado Community Media, and made them the....
Feb 15, 2022
2021 ANNUAL REPORT LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
Local news is too vital to vanish: Community newspapers are key to thriving local electorates and local economies. Yet 3 million Americans
Oct 18, 2021
A LETTER FROM OUR CO-FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HANSEN SHAPIRO
A year ago, Marc Hand, Steve Waldman and I spent a string of Saturday mornings thinking together about the future of local news. We kept ret
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