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Chicago Public Media CEO Melissa Bell is Leading the Nation’s Most Watched Local News Experiment
In the ninth episode of the State of Local News Podcast, host Tim Franklin—Professor, John M. Mutz Chair in Local News and founding director of the Medill Local News Initiative—speaks with Melissa Bell, CEO of Chicago Public Media, home to one of the nation's most unique models for local news: the combination of a public radio outlet and a legacy newspaper.
Village Media Moves South
Few local news organizations embody what it means to be part of their community more than Village Media.
The Medill Survey 2026: How the Chicago Area Gets its News
This text was adapted from the introduction of our report on how Chicago-area residents consume local news. Download a full PDF version of the report.