Research consistently shows that when local news disappears, civic participation drops, government spending rises, and corruption goes unchecked.”
TMC Publications owner Tesha M. Christensen serves on the True North News Alliance steering committee. TMC Publications operates three neighborhood newspapers, Longfellow Nokomis Messenger, Midway Como Frogtown Monitor, and Southwest Voices, that reach over 150,000 people in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Think about the last time local news mattered to you. Maybe you’re a parent who found out about a school board action. Maybe you own a small business, and a local story brought customers through your door. Maybe you found out about show times for a high school musical or learned about a new city ordinance. Maybe you needed to know where to find shelter after the Bemidji storm or wanted to understand what Operation Metro Surge meant for your community. In each case, someone had to be on the ground to learn about and report the story to connect you to decisions being made about your community…