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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAxios: Most U.S. counties have little to no local news sources
Axios - Most U.S. counties have little to no local news sources
Sara Fischer
5 Hours Ago
An uptick in newspaper closures this year has left more than half of the nation's 3,143 counties or 55 million people with just one or no local news sources where they live.
Why it matters: The rapid rise of digital local news sites isn't enough to offset the dramatic rate of newspaper closures.
-Digital news outlets also tend to serve urban and coastal communities, which are less likely to become news deserts.
By the numbers: The U.S. saw 127 newspapers close in the last year at a rate of roughly two and a half per week, according to a new report from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
-As of this year, the U.S. has lost more than one-third of its newspapers (3,300) compared to 2005 a statistic Medill projected last year.
-There's been a 73% decline in newspaper jobs during that time, representing one of the most significant declines in employment across any sector over the past two decades.
-U.S. newspaper circulation is down to roughly 40 million, compared to more than 115 million in 2005, a 65% decline.
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Sara Fischer
5 Hours Ago
An uptick in newspaper closures this year has left more than half of the nation's 3,143 counties or 55 million people with just one or no local news sources where they live.
Why it matters: The rapid rise of digital local news sites isn't enough to offset the dramatic rate of newspaper closures.
-Digital news outlets also tend to serve urban and coastal communities, which are less likely to become news deserts.
By the numbers: The U.S. saw 127 newspapers close in the last year at a rate of roughly two and a half per week, according to a new report from Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.
-As of this year, the U.S. has lost more than one-third of its newspapers (3,300) compared to 2005 a statistic Medill projected last year.
-There's been a 73% decline in newspaper jobs during that time, representing one of the most significant declines in employment across any sector over the past two decades.
-U.S. newspaper circulation is down to roughly 40 million, compared to more than 115 million in 2005, a 65% decline.
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Axios: Most U.S. counties have little to no local news sources (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
6 hrs ago
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surfered
(2,455 posts)1. And the right wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns over 200 stations where these viewers get their local news.
The right wing bat-shttery comes down from corporate and the local channel MUST air this propaganda to their unsuspecting viewers.
sinkingfeeling
(52,846 posts)2. I live in a county with 171,000 people and all of the 'local' news
comes from a county 40 miles away with 181,000 people. Never hear much of what's happening in my city.
Kaleva
(37,868 posts)3. A 22 y/o cow that died made front page news of my local paper
A more recent story on the front page was the town board debating on whether or not to grant me a variance to keep up to 4 chickens on my property that's zoned residential.