Local newspapers fulfill audiences' needs through education/information, entertainment, social interaction, escape, and identification as outlined by Uses and Gratifications theory. Specifically, they provide local news and information to keep readers informed, entertaining content like stories, horoscopes, and puzzles, topics to discuss with others, an escape from daily life, and stories that allow readers to identify with characters. Researchers should analyze 3 local newspapers based on how their content satisfies these gratification categories.