Have you checked the news today? Where did you turn to – a century-old newspaper, a fledgling podcast, or perhaps a popular social media page? No matter your preference, your access to that information is thanks to your local media.
Today, communities across the country celebrate Local News Day to honor and lift up the vital role that local media plays in keeping communities connected, informed, and engaged.
As part of this Local New Day celebration, we are thrilled to introduce you to Press Forward South Florida’s South Florida News Database. This resource provides a snapshot of what our local news and information ecosystem looks like in South Florida at present: a dynamic and diverse landscape of more than 100 providers — although admittedly fragmented, uneven, and difficult to navigate.
Our South Florida landscape includes:
- Nearly three dozen newspapers
- Eighteen television stations
- Nearly 20 digital-only outlets, focused on everything from state politics to stories covering immigrant communities.
We worked with researchers from Florida International University and the American Journalism Project to compile this list — including gathering data from more than 1,000 residents and conducting dozens of interviews with South Floridians of diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
When Press Forward South Florida launched in 2025, there was no central, regularly updated list of local news and information providers serving the region. This database is the clearest picture yet of our community’s landscape.
Inside the database, you can survey our region’s news providers and information curators by:
- County: Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward (Note: we’ve also called out where some providers serve Palm Beach County audiences, as well.)
- Format: from radio and podcast to newspaper, newsletter, and beyond
- Language: primarily English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole
This list includes traditional news outlets, independent news sites, and student-run publications.
- We also included non-traditional formats people told us they rely on for local news, such as popular social media accounts, Facebook groups, and neighborhood newsletters. This reflects people’s varied and noisy media diet — and underscores the need for more reliable, verifiable, and easy-to-access local news.
Press Forward South Florida aims to strengthen our region’s local news and civic information ecosystem so residents like you have access to the reliable, relevant information you need to navigate daily life, hold institutions accountable, and stay connected to your communities.
Understanding where you turn for your local news and information is a critical step in making that happen.
We’ll share the findings of our research in our upcoming South Florida News and Information Ecosystem Assessment, which examines how people across the region access and engage with news and information, where gaps and inequities exist, and what communities themselves identify as their most pressing information needs.
But until then, we hope you take some time on Local News Day to explore this list — and find a local news outlet to follow and support.