community paper

Neighborhood news publication

A community paper is a local newspaper covering news, events, and issues relevant to a particular neighborhood, town, or region.

Unlike major metropolitan dailies, community papers focus on school board meetings, local businesses, youth sports, and civic affairs: The community paper ran a story about the new library branch.

Many are weeklies distributed free or by subscription.

Opposites
geographic scope

community papernational newspaper

Periodical distributed across nation

national news · wire service · foreign press

institutional scale and prestige

community paperThe New York Times

Leading American newspaper

The Washington Post · The Wall Street Journal · media conglomerate · mainstream media · The Guardian

content focus

community paperworld news

Reports from other countries

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G