{
  "dataset": "Nexcom Local News Index",
  "edition": "2026-07",
  "generated": "2026-07-18T21:58:50Z",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "cite_as": "Nexcom Local News Index, 2026-07 edition. Nexcom Media. https://nexcom.media/local-news-index (CC BY 4.0)",
  "source": "https://nexcom.media/local-news-index",
  "methodology": "https://nexcom.media/local-news-index/methodology",
  "disclosure": "Measures only outlets Nexcom Media tracks via RSS; not a census of all local news. Nexcom operates a newsroom in every market measured. Topic labels are keyword-classifier output, not human review.",
  "market": {
    "market_id": "abilene-tx",
    "city": "Abilene",
    "state": "TX",
    "county": "Taylor",
    "lat": 32.448734,
    "lng": -99.733147,
    "publication": "Abilene News",
    "publication_domain": "abilenenews.org",
    "outlets_tracked": 5,
    "outlets_by_type": {
      "tv": 3,
      "gov": 2
    },
    "outlets": [
      {
        "name": "City of Abilene - Calendar & Events",
        "type": "gov",
        "feed_host": "abilenetx.gov",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-13",
        "items_in_feed": 102,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "City of Abilene - Pages & Programs",
        "type": "gov",
        "feed_host": "abilenetx.gov",
        "status": "undated",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": null,
        "items_in_feed": 50,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "BigCountryHomepage (KTAB CBS / KRBC NBC) - News",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "bigcountryhomepage.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-17",
        "items_in_feed": 30,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "BigCountryHomepage (KTAB/KRBC) - Sports",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "bigcountryhomepage.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-17",
        "items_in_feed": 30,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "KTXS (ABC 12) Abilene News",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "ktxs.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-18",
        "items_in_feed": 93,
        "markets_served": 1
      }
    ],
    "articles_indexed_live": 1000,
    "articles_archived": 1958,
    "articles_total": 2958,
    "topic_sample_size": 50,
    "topic_mix_pct": {
      "local": 70,
      "safety": 16,
      "government": 10,
      "parks": 4
    },
    "most_recent_article": "2026-07-18T20:12:11.000Z",
    "feeds_tracked": 5,
    "feeds_publishing": 4,
    "feeds_inaccessible": 0,
    "feeds_multi_market": 0
  }
}