This 2025 report builds on our 2022 assessment, providing an updated snapshot of Oregon’s evolving local news landscape—highlighting challenges, emerging solutions, and key initiatives shaping the future of civic information in our state. We provide an updated map of Oregon’s news outlets across many types of media, as well as fresh insights on how much Oregonians say they trust local news, and what Oregon’s news outlets need to be sustainable and locally relevant. This report also provides updates on new initiatives by journalistic support organizations, philanthropists, and state governments aimed at constructing a “three-legged stool” of newsroom innovation, private and philanthropic investment, and media policy to strengthen local news.
School of Journalism and Communication
The forum for the future of local news and civic health