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MPR News host Angela Davis recently moderated two panels about the state of local news in Minnesota. 

The first is with funders who are pushing for new models to reinvigorate newsrooms across the state and the country. The second brings the conversation to news leaders across Minnesota. 

How can journalists themselves reinvent the way they do their jobs, in an era of cutbacks and decline?

 done at Northwestern University, the state of local news is grim.

More than half of the counties in the U.S. have no or very limited access to local news. Areas without local news, so called “new deserts,” are growing at an alarming rate.

It’s a topic MPR News host Angela Davis cares about deeply. Last month, she hosted two panels that explored how to reinvigorate local news. The groups assembled at the Weisman Art Museum on July 18 as part of a national 

gathering of Report for America corps members

 is a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.

Report for America: Statewide support for local journalism

First, we heard the first panel with funders and philanthropy leaders who are leading the charge to champion and reimagine local news. National and local leaders discuss why they believe journalism is essential for a functioning democracy, how business models could be changed to make newsrooms sustainable, and how the unique challenges news faces in rural communities can be addressed.

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MPR News host Angela Davis recently moderated two panels about the state of local news in Minnesota. The first is with funders who are pushing for new models to reinvigorate newsrooms across the state and the country. The second brings the conversation to news leaders across Minnesota. 

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