My Local Press Equips Independent Journalists to Cover Local Races Ahead of November 3 Midterm Elections

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Co-Founder Adam Smith

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Smartphone app lets citizens and reporters publish candidate interviews, polls and live coverage in towns that have lost their newspaper

MIAMI BEACH, FL, UNITED STATES, October 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With the November 3 midterm elections approaching, My Local Press is inviting independent journalists, citizen reporters and community members to cover the local races that matter most to their neighbors. These include city council and county commission seats, school board elections and local ballot measures, many of which go uncovered in towns that no longer have a newspaper.

More than one-third of U.S. newspapers have closed since 2005, according to Northwestern University’s Medill Local News Initiative, leaving roughly 55 million Americans with limited or no access to local news. In many of those communities, voters head to the polls with little information about the candidates and issues on their own ballot.

My Local Press gives anyone the tools to fill that gap. From the My Local Press smartphone app in the field or from a desktop computer, users can publish news stories and community alerts, record video and audio interviews with candidates, and produce podcasts. With a Premium membership, publishers can also run polls and surveys on local issues and stream live video or audio from candidate forums and town halls, like running their own TV or radio station. All coverage is geo-fenced, so it reaches the voters in the community being covered.

Journalists don’t have to cover an election alone. With the My Local Press Newsroom feature, publishers can invite a team of reporters, photographers and editors to build a newsroom together, splitting up races and covering more of the ballot.

“Local elections decide who runs your schools, sets your property taxes and fixes your roads, yet in a lot of towns nobody is covering them anymore,” said Adam Smith, co-founder of My Local Press. “You don’t need a printing press or a newsroom building to keep voters informed. You need a phone, a willingness to show up and a platform that handles the rest. That’s what we built.”

My Local Press also lets journalists turn their coverage into a sustainable business. From the same app, publishers can create and sell ads to local businesses, offer subscriber-only content, accept reader donations, and set up and collect payments, keeping 90% of what they earn. Election coverage can be the start of a news outlet that keeps serving the community long after the votes are counted.

Publishers can also turn their coverage into print-ready PDFs sized for home printers and community presses, to reach voters who are not online, including older residents.

Anyone can sign up for My Local Press for free. Premium membership is $12 per month and comes with a 30-day refund guarantee for new members. My Local Press has grown to nearly 4,000 publishers since launching in January 2026.

Journalists, citizens and community members who want to cover their local elections can get started at https://mylocalpress.com/membership or download the My Local Press app for iPhone and Android.

About My Local Press

My Local Press is a local news publishing platform created to help independent journalists and community publishers launch and run profitable local news businesses without the overhead of traditional newspaper infrastructure.

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