by jpitney | Oct 24, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
From the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University: The number of local news deserts expanded in the U.S. this year, with 127 newspapers shuttering, leaving nearly 55 million Americans with limited to no access to local news, according to the Medill State...
by jpitney | Jul 18, 2024 | Journalism, Journalists, Newspapers
Dan Kennedy: If there is an ur-source of data about the extent of the local news crisis, it is surely the map of news deserts compiled by journalism researcher Penelope Abernathy. First at the University of North Carolina and more recently at Northwestern University’s...
by jpitney | Sep 10, 2023 | Hispanic, Journalism, Journalists, Language
Emma J. Murphy at The American Prospect: News deserts are expanding. Nearly two decades ago, the United States had about 9,000 newspapers; as 2019 came to a close, it had 6,700. Of the country’s 3,143 counties, over 200 have no newspaper or other sources of credible...
by jpitney | Sep 8, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists
A release from the MacArthur Foundation: A coalition of 22 donors today announced Press Forward, a national initiative to strengthen communities and democracy by supporting local news and information with an infusion of more than a half-billion dollars over the next...
by jpitney | Jul 13, 2023 | Journalism, Journalists, Local Government, Mass Media, Newspapers
Could News Bloom in News Deserts? By Howard Husock American Enterprise Institute Key Points Due to the steady decline of print news in America, many Americans now live in news deserts, where there is no newspaper covering local issues. The absence of information on...
