Wyoming’s news ecosystem is changing. Sure, we still have a newspaper in every county. But some of those are run by people about to retire, many of our legacy papers are getting consolidated by corporations and we no longer have a statewide paper that prints daily.

That’s why the newly formed Wyoming Local News Fund conducted a survey of how Wyomingites feel about their news. Founder and director Melissa Cassutt has worked as a journalist and editor at publications across the West and is also the rural media manager for the Solutions Journalism Network. Wyoming Public Radio’s Melodie Edwards sat down with her.