CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues		$ 2,910,930	$ 3,279,245	$ 2,991,093
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues	[1]	1,718,857	1,693,221	1,598,759
Business units - Selling, general and administrative expenses		412,000	414,530	396,446
Corporate - General and administrative expenses		65,933	60,108	68,127
Depreciation		59,769	61,195	64,841
Amortization of intangible assets		53,467	59,882	63,011
Asset impairment and other (see Note 10)		3,359	(323)	(2,307)
Merger termination fee		(136,000)	0	0
Total		2,177,385	2,288,613	2,188,877
Operating income		733,545	990,632	802,216
Non-operating (expense) income:
Equity loss in unconsolidated investments, net		(877)	(4,473)	(9,713)
Interest expense		(172,904)	(174,022)	(185,650)
Interest income		29,292	6,922	2
Other non-operating items, net		17,490	14,509	6,823
Total		(126,999)	(157,064)	(188,538)
Income before income taxes		606,546	833,568	613,678
Provision for income taxes		130,199	202,370	135,481
Net Income		476,347	631,198	478,197
Net loss (income) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		377	(729)	(1,242)
Net income attributable to TEGNA Inc.		$ 476,724	$ 630,469	$ 476,955
Earnings per share - basic (in dollars per share)		$ 2.29	$ 2.82	$ 2.15
Earnings per share - diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 2.28	$ 2.81	$ 2.14
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		207,594	223,652	221,504
Diluted (in shares)		207,947	224,486	222,471

[1] Cost of revenues exclude charges for depreciation and amortization expense, which are shown separately above.