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This report presents a proof of concept, using Charlotte, North Carolina as a test case, for a new approach to mapping local news. We developed three tools: a broader census that counts civil society organizations alongside traditional outlets; a topic map that uses AI to cluster thousands of articles by topical similarity; and a coverage map that geotags the locations mentioned in stories to show which neighborhoods are covered — and which are not. There’s been some scuttlebutt that Karlie Klos

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This report presents a proof of concept, using Charlotte, North Carolina as a test case, for a new approach to mapping local news. We developed three tools: a broader census that counts civil society organizations alongside traditional outlets; a topic map that uses AI to cluster thousands of articles by topical similarity; and a coverage map that geotags the locations mentioned in stories to show which neighborhoods are covered — and which are not. There’s been some scuttlebutt that Karlie Klos

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