Founded to help make local news more sustainable in small- to mid-sized communities, The Compass Experiment is now being dismantled by one of the largest newspaper chains in the country under hedge ...

Bring on the experimentation. Especially in Youngstown. That's the spirit of things now in the hard-hit world of local news, where the pending closure of the (Youngstown) Vindicator is leading to some ...

Mandy Jenkins will lead the three-year Compass Experiment launched by McClatchy and Google News Initiative, the news publisher announced today. The Compass Experiment is one of several projects ...

Earlier this year, Google announced a project to help revive local news in areas around the United States. Today, Google has officially announced that Youngstown, Ohio, will be the first city to ...

Following the news that Youngstown, Ohio's 150-old-paper The Vindicator would cease publication, Google News Initiative’s The Compass Experiment and McClatchy announced they would launch a ...

Today, Google announced that Youngstown, Ohio, will be the first city in its Compass Experiment, a joint venture with newspaper publishing company McClatchy to revive local news. The announcement ...

Google and newspaper publishing company McClatchy announced a new partnership that will aim to develop sustainable business models for local news publications. As part of the ongoing Google News ...

LONGMONT, Colo., April 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Longmont Leader, a new digital-only news outlet serving the residents of Longmont, Colo., will launch later this spring. The announcement was made ...

This piece was originally published by the Local Media Association. It has been republished here with permission. It’s been a busy 2020 for Mandy Jenkins. The general manager of The Compass Experiment ...