10-How local newsrooms decide what to cover

An explanation of the editorial process

By: Paul Cuno-Booth

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 1,339

Last Updated: 18 hours, 6 minutes ago

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If you read, watch or listen to your local news, you might wonder every so often: Why’d they cover that story? Or, there was a big ruckus in my neighborhood last night — why didn’t they cover that?

Editors and reporters working in local news face those kinds of choices every day, deciding which tips to chase down, which meetings and events to cover, and which issues to devote more time to digging …

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