{
  "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": "beaumont-tx",
    "city": "Beaumont",
    "state": "TX",
    "county": "Jefferson",
    "lat": 30.080174,
    "lng": -94.126556,
    "publication": "The Beaumont",
    "publication_domain": "thebeaumount.com",
    "outlets_tracked": 4,
    "outlets_by_type": {
      "tv": 3,
      "gov": 1
    },
    "outlets": [
      {
        "name": "City of Beaumont - Calendar / Civic News",
        "type": "gov",
        "feed_host": "beaumonttexas.gov",
        "status": "stale",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-06-04",
        "items_in_feed": 60,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "12NewsNow (KBMT ABC / KJAC NBC) - News",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "12newsnow.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-18",
        "items_in_feed": 40,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "12NewsNow (KBMT/KJAC) - Local News",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "12newsnow.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-18",
        "items_in_feed": 40,
        "markets_served": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "KFDM (CBS / Sinclair) - Local News",
        "type": "tv",
        "feed_host": "kfdm.com",
        "status": "live_7d",
        "http": "200",
        "newest_item": "2026-07-18",
        "items_in_feed": 41,
        "markets_served": 1
      }
    ],
    "articles_indexed_live": 466,
    "articles_archived": 476,
    "articles_total": 942,
    "topic_sample_size": 50,
    "topic_mix_pct": {
      "local": 54,
      "safety": 28,
      "government": 10,
      "schools": 4,
      "business": 4
    },
    "most_recent_article": "2026-07-18T21:17:53.000Z",
    "feeds_tracked": 4,
    "feeds_publishing": 3,
    "feeds_inaccessible": 0,
    "feeds_multi_market": 0
  }
}