U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
— Joseph Cranney (@joey_cranney) December 23, 2022
great piece by @vivian. The collapse of local news has created vacuums which are being filled by disinformation, "pink slime" and partisan content
— Steven Waldman (@stevenwaldman) December 6, 2022
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New by me —>
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) March 9, 2023
Alden Global Capital makes for a better Hollywood villain — but the scale of local news destruction in Gannett's markets is simply astonishing.
Staff size is down 59% in 4 years.
At its biggest local papers, paid readers are down 77%. https://t.co/XgnYdMTa3h
A long-running story: the decline of local media which covered hometown Members of Congress, allowing some to build personal brands beyond the party label and increasing accountability. Absent this, voters & legislators are more apt to just default to partisan voting patterns. https://t.co/a6WG2ckuhX
— David Karol (@DKarol) March 4, 2023
Based on these figures, the Chicago Tribune lost 82% of its newsroom staff in a 16-year period. https://t.co/fmuRhH7uJW
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) February 28, 2023
The sole reporter left at the St. Cloud Times is leaving the paper next month, raising questions about how the 93-year-old paper will continue operations.https://t.co/FCpCgk6AmF
— Axios (@axios) January 25, 2023
Interesting op-ed about the nonprofit newsroom boom that is helping to fill local news gaps across the U.S. https://t.co/YXqQo965Nh
— Stephanie Beasley (@Steph_Beasley) November 16, 2022
Sad! 