A new online database aimed at helping solve the local news crisis gives newsrooms, funders and policymakers access to critical research about how local news makes communities stronger and what we lose when local news sources close. The Local News Research Hub was developed by the Local News Experimental Testing Lab (Local NExT Lab) at Syracuse University’s Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) in partnership with Rebuild Local News, a nonpartisan nonprofit coalition.