Local news is in a tough spot — it’s still desired by readers but due to funding cuts and consumer reliance on the internet, it’s become more difficult for the newspaper industry to deliver.
In response to this, an Arizona State University student-led project has developed ideas for local news organization Wick Communications on how to engage the community in deciding how they receive local news, how to better diversify their content and how to alleviate concerns about misinformation.
The Voices Listening Project spent a year researching and analyzing various methods of news delivery in smaller Arizona communities with circulations of less than 50,000. The project wrapped in December 2022, and now those results are being shared within the industry and implemented for Wick’s readers.
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