While local news remains an important and trusted source of information for residents across Northeast Wisconsin, findings from a new regional study indicate that changes in access, coverage and relevance influence the ways people stay informed in their communities.
Commissioned by the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation through the Press Forward Northeast Wisconsin chapter, the “Local News Landscape Study, Northeast Wisconsin” was conducted by UW-Green Bay’s Center for Civic Engagement and provides a snapshot of how residents across Northeast Wisconsin access and value local news.
The study offered the first comprehensive look at how residents in Brown, Kewaunee, Oconto and Outagamie counties access local news, what information they value, and how they perceive the regional news ecosystem as meeting, or not fully meeting, those needs…