The Loss of Local News: What It Means for Communities
WEBThis report explores the loss and diminishment of local newspapers, the implications for our communities and our democracy, and the potential to thwart the rise of news deserts. The report is divided into five sections:
How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions in
WEBAug 2, 2023 · Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across the country have closed, leaving many communities without a reliable source of local information. Researchers say this crisis in ...
US lost more than two local newspapers a week this year, new …
WEBNov 16, 2023 · The rate of local newspaper closures has accelerated to 2.5 a week in 2023, according to a new report from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University released Thursday.
As newspapers close, struggling communities are hit hardest by …
WEBJun 29, 2022 · Surviving newspapers, especially dailies, have cut staff and circulation significantly under financial pressure, reducing their ability to fill the gap when communities lose their local papers. More and more dailies are also dropping seven-day-a-week delivery, as they pursue digital subscribers.
How the Collapse of Local News Is Causing a ‘National Crisis’
WEBNov 20, 2019 · The loss of local news coverage in much of the United States has frayed communities and left many Americans woefully uninformed, according to a new report.
Local journalism in crisis: Why America must revive its ... - Brookings
WEBNov 12, 2019 · Thousands of local newspapers have closed in recent years. Their disappearance has left millions of Americans without a vital source of local news and deprived communities of an institution...
More than half of U.S. counties have no access or very limited …
WEBNov 16, 2023 · Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than half, or 1,766, have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet, typically a weekly newspaper. The loss of local newspapers ticked higher in 2023 to an average …
The connections between decline of local news and growing ... - PBS
WEBAug 30, 2023 · In a recent report, Judy Woodruff examined how the loss of thousands of local newspapers across the country is depriving communities of some of the glue that holds them together. Tonight, she...
Local news deserts are expanding: Here’s what we’ll lose
WEBNov 30, 2021 · Since 2005, about 2,200 local newspapers across America have closed. Here are some of the stories in danger of being lost — as told by local journalists.
Decline in local news outlets is accelerating despite efforts to help
WEBNov 16, 2023 · The decline of local news in the United States is speeding up despite attention paid to the issue, to the point where the nation has lost one-third of its newspapers and two-thirds of its newspaper journalists since 2005.