🧵 Imagine living in a county without reporters—no one covering school board meetings, local clinics, even zoning decisions. That’s reality for over 1,000 U.S. counties. Ohio now has just 7.9 local journalists per 100k residents down from ~40 in 2002. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/14/w…
— Jennifer ✨Get In Good Trouble (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) 2025-07-14T13:56:36.636Z
So depressing. Dozens of rural newspapers shut down in latest disappearance of local journalism
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T22:51:50.606Z
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
— Amy Westervelt (@amywestervelt.bsky.social) 2025-10-27T23:54:12.939Z
Sad! 