A map of all college campuses and counties with one or zero news outlets. Colleges not filtered in this version. Link to web map. 

(Version with just partners / exploring partners.)

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

A map of campuses that are in in or adjacent to counties with zero or one news outlet. Filtered to include 4 year, public or private non-profit colleges with total enrollment over 500. 

Link to web map.

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

A map of colleges with news/academic partnerships covering statehouses around the country. 

Link to web map

A choropleth (colored states) map version of colleges with news/academic partnerships covering statehouses around the country. The institution names appear in the pop-up and labels also appear if someone zooms in on the map.

Link to web map

A map of all colleges with 15 miles of a state capitol building.

Link to web map

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• United States Geological Survey

A map of all existing and exploring partners.

Link to web map.

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

A map of all existing partners with fact sheets and case studies.

Link to web map.

A map of rural college campuses that are in or adjacent to counties with zero or one news outlet. ‘Rural college campuses’ defined as those in the NCES database located outside of Metropolitan Statistical Areas and schools with total enrollment less than 500 were excluded from the analysis/visuals. 

Link to web map.

Link to higher resolution static map.

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

A scatter plot showing total enrollment and endowment for institutions located in counties with zero or one news outlet. Colleges filtered to those with enrollment over 500.

Link to visual.

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

• 2020 Census

A chart of rural college campuses that are in or adjacent to counties with zero or one news outlet. ‘Rural college campuses’ defined as those in the NCES database located outside of Metropolitan Statistical Areas and schools with total enrollment less than 500 were excluded from the analysis/visuals. Regions defined by US Census. 

Link to visual.

Download static image.

Data sources:

• National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

A chart showing percent of counties that are in counties with zero or one news outlet, broken out by % of population that identified as black or African American in the 2020 US Census.

Link to visual.

Link to static chart image.

Data sources:

• 2020 US Census

• Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

National Center for Education Statistics Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

Northwestern Medill: The State of Local News 2023

Google Sheet with NCES, Medill, and UVM Center for Community News data in one table