Local TV news often gets derided - sometimes justifiably - for focusing too much on the low-hanging fruit of murders, car chases and fires.

A column about how the L.A. Fires proved the urgent need for local news in an age of social media conspiracies and outright lies.

People walk by the CBS Broadcast Center on 57th Street in New York on April 20, 2023. CBS News has asked all of its local stations to become proficient in “solutions journalism,” a story ...