As a reporter, Tracy Jan understands that almost every part of a story is important. But as a senior editor for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network, she knows the value of highlighting specific details to make sure the audience understands an issue. 

As part of its Public Health Reporting Fellowship, the National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted Jan on Aug. 18 to speak on how and why reporters should be localizing national stories, and nationalizing local stories, to help audiences bet...

For the first time globally, more people get their news from social media platforms than television or news websites, according to a new report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. The report also shows a steady decline in the percentage of users getting their news from TV or news sites, sounding an alarm for journalists who haven’t yet made the pivot to social media.


To help reporters adapt, on July 23, the National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted Rahim Jessani, a new...

Taylor Cranwell once was tipped off to a possible story when he saw chatter on the neighborhood community app Nextdoor: a person may have been dangling off the side of a bridge and in need of help. Seeing the confusion, Cranwell called the local fire department and was able to determine it was simply a training exercise. 

This instance was one of the times Cranwell, a former reporter for The Zebra Press in Alexandria, Virginia, said Nextdoor helped him find sources or pitches for stories. As...

Nick Valencia reported at CNN as a correspondent for 13 years, covering everything from racial justice to natural disasters. Then, in June 2025, he and the network parted ways.

Instead of joining another national outlet or traditional media station, he found a different way to do the work he fell in love with: becoming a news creator. Valencia entered a cohort that the Reuters Digital News Report 2026 found is steadily becoming another common way audiences consume their news:

“Because journalism is an act of service, I wanted to meet people where they are,” he said. “What we’re doing is nothing more than a remedy to a problem that exists, and that’s the new business model.”

After decades of working for national news media’s biggest names, Paul Miller retired to Carmel-by-the-Sea in the 1990s. But instead of spending his days soaking in the Monterey Peninsula’s stunning cliffsides, he bought a struggling local newspaper. Thirty years later, The Carmel Pine Cone is a well-funded, well-oiled machine that prints weekly and is free to the public. Miller’s Pine Cone is a shining example of one of the Golden State’s thriving local news ecosystems, and a model for small-to...