Local stories by nonprofit college media resonated nationally at the start of 2026
At Nieman Lab, we ve long covered the impact of student-run news outlets filling information gaps in their communities. Recent data from SimilarWeb shows just how far their work reaches. In February, three Southern college media outlets — The Duke Chronicle (Duke University), The Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill), and the Red and Black (University of Georgia) — had major
At Nieman Lab, we ve long covered the impact of student-run news outlets filling information gaps in their communities. Recent data from SimilarWeb shows just how far their work reaches. In February, three Southern college media outlets — The Duke Chronicle (Duke University), The Daily Tar Heel (University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill), and the Red and Black (University of Georgia) — had major