Sophie Culpepper is a staff writer at Nieman Lab focused on covering local news. She previously co-founded the hyperlocal Lexington Observer, where she reported on public schools, local government, economic development, and public safety among other topics as the digital news nonprofit’s only full-time journalist for two years. She graduated from Brown University in 2021 and was a managing editor on The Brown Daily Herald’s editorial board.
“We talk to a lot of towns where there is no newspaper anymore; there’s no community center anymore; the town store shut down. And this is kind of it.”
While the sector is still growing, that growth is slowing, by some metrics. And audience data for 2023 shows that across all outlets surveyed, average monthly web traffic fell.
Culpepper, Sophie. "“Neither feast nor famine”: In 2023, nonprofit news continued to grow — but the audience picture is more complicated." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Jun. 2024. Web. 8 Dec. 2024.
APA
Culpepper, S. (2024, Jun. 10). “Neither feast nor famine”: In 2023, nonprofit news continued to grow — but the audience picture is more complicated. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved December 8, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/06/neither-feast-nor-famine-in-2023-nonprofit-news-continued-to-grow-but-the-audience-picture-is-more-complicated/
Chicago
Culpepper, Sophie. "“Neither feast nor famine”: In 2023, nonprofit news continued to grow — but the audience picture is more complicated." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified June 10, 2024. Accessed December 8, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/06/neither-feast-nor-famine-in-2023-nonprofit-news-continued-to-grow-but-the-audience-picture-is-more-complicated/.
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