Almost 50% of Americans Get Their Local News Online

Screenshot of Pew Research Center survey report of Americans Changing Relationship with Local News.

A majority of Americans say they get their local news and information online through news websites or social media, according to the Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News survey by Pew Research Center.

Almost half (48%) of Americans prefer to get their local news and information digitally rather than TV, radio, or print newspapers, an 11% increase since 2018.

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Supporting Journalists

An older man in a blue and white checked shirt is seated in a chair, reading a newspaper.

One of my favorite childhood memories is my father in the evening after dinner, sitting in the living room.

Reading the newspaper.

I remember the rustling as he turned a page, or folded up a section he just finished reading.

Our newspaper was delivered in the afternoon. And Dad always read the paper first before anyone else in the family.

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Takeaways from Write for Your Life: An Evening with Anna Quindlen

Seated on stage in comfortable upholstered chairs, Anna Quindlen and Anne Curzan discuss writing.

At the University of Michigan (UM) Wallace House Presents October 2022 event, author and journalist Anna Quindlen joined UM Literature, Science, and the Arts dean Anne Curzan to discuss Quindlen’s book Write for Your Life and how anyone can write.

And why everyone should.

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