A COURIER NEWSROOM EXPERIMENT COURIER, a first-of-its-kind news organization, has again set out to prove the unique distribution model it pioneers: boosting its local news coverage to foster greater participation in American democracy. Following the positive results from COURIER’s experiment in the Virginia gubernatorial election in 2021, their Iowa-based newsroom…

COURIER’s new politics editor, Carolyn Fiddler, shares why she’s joining the team. The media is at war. Worse, the media appears to be losing that war. The media ecosystem in our country has drastically changed over the past decade, and despite the best efforts of reliable news organizations and watchdogs…

COURIER and its local newsrooms in Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania,Virginia, and Wisconsin were founded on the belief that fact-first, value-based, trusted local journalism can help strengthen civic engagement and democracy — boosting low-turnout voter participation in elections. At COURIER, not only did we build our network of…