Local newspapers are closing at alarming rates, weakening community accountability, and threatening informed self-government.

The US has lost a quarter of its local newsrooms, and without those, communities suffer. But experts have ways we can stem the flow. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces.

The way Americans get local news is changing, both in terms of which devices they’re using and who is delivering the news. Television is still the most common way people prefer to get their local news ...

“There’s your face, mom,” my daughter said, pointing to the ground where an old section of The Daily Herald with my Local News Impact column lay spread out. “And there you are again,” she said, ...