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📡 The Local Media Loop

Local newsrooms can't cover everything alone.

Join the Local Media Loop — a cooperative of local newspapers, public radio, independent journalists and community newsrooms who pool reporting and share the cost of professional polling so that no town's government runs in the dark.

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Why your newsroom should join

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Shared reporting

Every member has fewer reporters covering the same budget meetings. Pool beats, share leads, and cover more ground together without giving up your voice.

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Credible, affordable polling

Professional polling is out of reach for most local outlets. The Loop shares the cost at just 50¢ per response — half the $1 we first discussed — so members run real polls that earn headlines.

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Verified civic data

Access a clean, continuously-updated directory of federal, state and county officials, committees and bills — and request documents together.

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A seat at the table

Coordinated questions, shared fact-checks and a joint editorial calendar give local media collective weight with the officials we all cover.

The 50-cent shared-polling model

Our original plan priced shared polls at $1 per response. We've cut it to 50¢ per response so even the smallest outlets participate. Here's what that means:

50¢ per completed survey response — you pay only for what you use.
Budget ahead: 1,000 responses = $500 (was $1,000).
Results belong to the Loop's members to publish — with a shared methodology so it's credible.
Every member pays the same low rate; volume doesn't get priority over accuracy.

How the Loop works

Sign up as a Media Loop member — newsroom, public radio, independent journalist.
Get verified. We confirm your outlet and assign you a listing in our public newsroom directory.
Propose a poll or join one. Members vote on questions together.
Pay 50¢ per response, pooled across the Loop.
Publish. Results and methodology are shared with all members for their own stories.

Join the Media Loop → See the officials you'd cover

The information we carry

Local Government News catalogs, for every federal, state and county jurisdiction:

🏛️ Politicians — profiles, parties, committees and voting records.

🗂️ Committees — memberships and jurisdictions, all in one place.

📜 Bills — introduced and pending matter, linked to the committee that owns it.

🗳️ Elections — who represents you and who's running.

📋 Public records — budgets, meetings and official documents.

💬 Forums — on every official page, so voters speak directly to power.