community newspapers

Neighborhood news publications

Community newspapers are local publications serving a specific geographic area—a town, neighborhood, or district—rather than a regional or national audience.

They typically cover local government, school news, business openings, and community events that larger papers ignore.

Most publish weekly rather than daily: The community newspaper ran a story about the new library branch.

The term distinguishes these hyperlocal publications from metropolitan dailies.

Opposites
geographic scope

community newspapersnational newspapers

Press serving whole countries

wire services · national press

institutional scale and ownership

community newspapersmedia conglomerates

Corporations owning diverse outlets

newspaper chains · mainstream media · News Corp · legacy media · mass media

medium and format

community newspapersbroadcast news

News transmitted via airwaves

social media news · streaming news · radio news

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G