Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and Associate Professor of Political Communication at Roskilde University in Denmark. His research deals with political communication, changes in the news media, and how people use media to follow public affairs and engage with the world around them. His first book Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns his first book won the 2014 Doris Graber Award for the best book published in political communication in the last ten years. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Tietgen Prize for his work on the changing business of journalism and its implications for democracy.

• Tables and Figures viiContributors ixPreface xiIntroduction: The Uncertain Future of Local Journalism 1Rasmus Kleis NielsenPart I Local Media Ecosystems 1. The News Crisis Compared: The Impact of the Journalism Crisis on Local News Ecosystems in Toulouse (France) and Seattle (US) 31Matthew Powers, Sandra Vera Zambrano, and Olivier Baisnée2. Local Newspapers as Keystone Media: The Increased Importance of Diminished Newspapers for Local Political Information Environments 51Rasmus Kleis Nielsen3. How News Travels: A Comparative Study of Local Media Ecosystems in Leeds (UK) and Philadelphia (US) 73C. W. Anderson, Stephen Coleman, and Nancy ThumimPart II Local Journalism and its Interlocutors 4. The Plurality of Journalistic Identities in Local Controversies 99Florence Le Cam and David Domingo5. Rethinking Local Communicative Spaces: Implications of Digital Media and Citizen Journalism for the Role of Local Journalism in Engaging Citizens 117 Julie Firmstone and Stephen Coleman 6. Perceived Relevance of and Trust in Local Media 141 Bengt Engan Part III New Forms of Local Media 7. Between Journalistic Diversity and Economic Constraints: Local Pure Players in Southern France 165 Nikos Smyrnaios, Emmanuel Marty, and Franck Bousquet 8. Hyperlocal with a Mission? Motivation, Strategy, Engagement 185 Marco van Kerkhoven and Piet Bakker 9. Filling the News Hole? UK Community News and the Crisis in Local Journalism 203 Andy Williams, Dave Harte, and Jerome Turner Index

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and Associate Professor of Political Communication at Roskilde University in Denmark. His research deals with political communication, changes in the news media, and how people use media to follow public affairs and engage with the world around them. His first book Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns his first book won the 2014 Doris Graber Award for the best book published in political communication in the last ten years. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Tietgen Prize for his work on the changing business of journalism and its implications for democracy.

• Tables and Figures viiContributors ixPreface xiIntroduction: The Uncertain Future of Local Journalism 1Rasmus Kleis NielsenPart I Local Media Ecosystems 1. The News Crisis Compared: The Impact of the Journalism Crisis on Local News Ecosystems in Toulouse (France) and Seattle (US) 31Matthew Powers, Sandra Vera Zambrano, and Olivier Baisnée2. Local Newspapers as Keystone Media: The Increased Importance of Diminished Newspapers for Local Political Information Environments 51Rasmus Kleis Nielsen3. How News Travels: A Comparative Study of Local Media Ecosystems in Leeds (UK) and Philadelphia (US) 73C. W. Anderson, Stephen Coleman, and Nancy ThumimPart II Local Journalism and its Interlocutors 4. The Plurality of Journalistic Identities in Local Controversies 99Florence Le Cam and David Domingo5. Rethinking Local Communicative Spaces: Implications of Digital Media and Citizen Journalism for the Role of Local Journalism in Engaging Citizens 117 Julie Firmstone and Stephen Coleman 6. Perceived Relevance of and Trust in Local Media 141 Bengt Engan Part III New Forms of Local Media 7. Between Journalistic Diversity and Economic Constraints: Local Pure Players in Southern France 165 Nikos Smyrnaios, Emmanuel Marty, and Franck Bousquet 8. Hyperlocal with a Mission? Motivation, Strategy, Engagement 185 Marco van Kerkhoven and Piet Bakker 9. Filling the News Hole? UK Community News and the Crisis in Local Journalism 203 Andy Williams, Dave Harte, and Jerome Turner Index

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford and Associate Professor of Political Communication at Roskilde University in Denmark. His research deals with political communication, changes in the news media, and how people use media to follow public affairs and engage with the world around them. His first book Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns his first book won the 2014 Doris Graber Award for the best book published in political communication in the last ten years. He is also the recipient of the 2014 Tietgen Prize for his work on the changing business of journalism and its implications for democracy.

• Tables and Figures viiContributors ixPreface xiIntroduction: The Uncertain Future of Local Journalism 1Rasmus Kleis NielsenPart I Local Media Ecosystems 1. The News Crisis Compared: The Impact of the Journalism Crisis on Local News Ecosystems in Toulouse (France) and Seattle (US) 31Matthew Powers, Sandra Vera Zambrano, and Olivier Baisnée2. Local Newspapers as Keystone Media: The Increased Importance of Diminished Newspapers for Local Political Information Environments 51Rasmus Kleis Nielsen3. How News Travels: A Comparative Study of Local Media Ecosystems in Leeds (UK) and Philadelphia (US) 73C. W. Anderson, Stephen Coleman, and Nancy ThumimPart II Local Journalism and its Interlocutors 4. The Plurality of Journalistic Identities in Local Controversies 99Florence Le Cam and David Domingo5. Rethinking Local Communicative Spaces: Implications of Digital Media and Citizen Journalism for the Role of Local Journalism in Engaging Citizens 117 Julie Firmstone and Stephen Coleman 6. Perceived Relevance of and Trust in Local Media 141 Bengt Engan Part III New Forms of Local Media 7. Between Journalistic Diversity and Economic Constraints: Local Pure Players in Southern France 165 Nikos Smyrnaios, Emmanuel Marty, and Franck Bousquet 8. Hyperlocal with a Mission? Motivation, Strategy, Engagement 185 Marco van Kerkhoven and Piet Bakker 9. Filling the News Hole? UK Community News and the Crisis in Local Journalism 203 Andy Williams, Dave Harte, and Jerome Turner Index