This insightful piece from Nieman Lab cites Joshua P. Darr 's co-authored research "How the Engagement Journalism Movement Is Changing Political News Content" as it looked at horse-race framing in political coverage. Read the overall analysis below⬇️

The decline of local news has eroded high school sports coverage. The Globe, a rare profitable metro daily, is well positioned to pick up that slack. niemanlab.org/2025/05/by-dee…

The Kentucky Derby was the first draft of history.

.Newhouse School

Social trust declined from 1973-93 but basically hasn't changed since then. "Americans are no less trusting than they were 30 years ago" isn't a grabby headline but may it's true?

It’s too bad that “including local papers” is the part that needs to be said here.

New Cambridge Element Amplifying Extremism by Nik Usher and Jessica C. Hagman is now free to read for 2 weeks! cup.org/4dHWu87 #cambridgeelements #politics

#OpenAccess from American Political Science Review - Press Coverage and Accountability in State Legislatures - cup.org/4mIi93Y "state legislators would be more moderate, representative, and productive were local press coverage strengthened" - ANDREW C. W. MYERS (Stanford University) #FirstView

Senior Researcher and Newhouse School professor Joshua P. Darr is featured in local CNY WRVO Public Media article "Oswego man takes TikTok by storm in fight for veterans’ rights." Read here ⬇️wrvo.org/2025-06-02/osw…

Across the country, there is growing momentum among states to support local news, not as a bailout but as essential civic infrastructure that communities can’t afford to lose. via Jon Allsop at The New Yorker newyorker.com/news/fault-lin…

From our new issue: "Misinformation and Support for Vigilantism: An Experiment in India and Pakistan " by SUMITRA BADRINATHAN (Sumitra Badrinathan), SIMON CHAUCHARD (Simon Chauchard), and NILOUFER SIDDIQUI #APSRNewIssue cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Fascinated by the (new?) rules in New Jersey that allow candidates to basically put a slogan on the ballot by changing their “nominating group” in each county. This primary is not low-info for someone just showing up at the ballot box!

The New York Times is always a little over its skis when it tries to be a local newspaper.

Thrilled that our article is published open access Annual Reviews ! We review recent strides in the study of lobbying & flesh out 1) transaction, 2) persuasion and 3) mobilisation mechanisms. With: Alex Garlick & Heath Brown annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Thank god for Palmers Variety Store in Pittsfield, Mass., which still carries 11 daily newspapers, everything from NY Post to FT (NYT out of frame to left). This at a time when you can't buy a single paper at the Philadelphia or Baltimore train station, and many other places.

Cool opportunity here for Newhouse School students to check out!

There's an important role for old brands in a local news comeback. Good to see this!

Now this is a quote from a political scientist, well done Daniel Schlozman

Great work from my Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship colleagues!