These for-profit local news sites have become the “papers” of record in their communities

In most American cities, the largest local newsroom still belongs to the local newspaper. But that certainly doesn t mean the largest local news audience always goes to the people with a printing press. And in some cases, the local traffic champ isn t even a TV station or public radio station — it s a for-profit, digital-native news site. When we write about local news here at Nieman Lab, we spend