about
this project is maintained by nick deMarchis to document changes in the local journalism landscape.
its main project is here, a map of locations mentioned in local news articles. read more on that page.
tools
- Precedent framework, which includes:
- Tailwind CSS – Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development
- Radix – Primitives like modal, popover, etc. to build a stellar user experience
- Framer Motion – Motion library for React to animate components with ease
- Lucide – Beautifully simple, pixel-perfect icons
next/font
– Optimize custom fonts and remove external network requests for improved performanceImageResponse
– Generate dynamic Open Graph images at the edge
further reading
- Z. Metzger, “The State of Local News,” Local News Initiative. Accessed: Dec. 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu
- G. Ariyarathne and A. C. Nwala, “3DLNews: A Three-decade Dataset of US Local News Articles,” inProceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM ’24), New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2024, pp. 1–5. doi: 10.1145/3627673.3679165.
- Media Cloud
contact
email hi [at] mapping [dot] news.