16- Around the country, new strategies and collaborations fill the need for local news

‘People are really eager for news about their community’

By: Megan Rogers

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 1,826

Last Updated: 18 hours, 27 minutes ago

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Late last year, journalists at The New Bedford Light, a community news outlet in Massachusetts, covered plans for $1 billion in renovations at the city's aging school buildings. Because of the nonprofit news outlet’s reporting, the next school committee meeting was packed with citizens, says Lean Camara, chief executive officer of the Light.

That’s just one of the examples Camara can point to that show how the Light’s reporting has directly led …

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