Chris Birchall is a lecturer in digital media at the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds.Jay G. Blumler is an emeritus professor of public communication at the University of Leeds and emeritus professor of journalism at the University of Maryland.Stephen Coleman is professor of political communication in the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds.Julie Firmstone is associate professor at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds.Giles Moss is lecturer in media policy in the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds.Katy Parry is a lecturer in media and communication at the University of Leeds.Judith Stamper is associate professor of broadcast journalism at the School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds.Nancy Thumim is a lecturer in media and communication at the University of Leeds.

The authors have generated a valuable amount of new data and pose important questions about local media and democracy.

• Introduction: A New News Ecology1. Making Sense of/in the City2. A Week in News3. How Citizens Receive the News4. How People Make Sense of the City5. The Mainstream Providers of Local News6. Citizen News-Makers and News Practices7. 'Down there in Chapeltown'8. Mediating Democratic Accountability: The Case of the Care Home Closures9. Local News: A Different StoryAppendices