The Death of Local News

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One in three U.S. counties now has no full-time local journalist – a staggering 75% decline over the past 23 years. This collapse means communities across the country lack “even one full-time reporter to cover all of the schools, the town councils, the economic development projects, basketball games, environmental decisions, local businesses, and local events.”To document this crisis, Rebuild Maps Mania… more →
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Your Global Local Radio Map

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I’m currently listening to XEFO-AM from Mexico City, a radio station that seems to exclusively play classic, early 20th-century Spanish-language songs. The station is just one of about 100 local radio stations in Mexico City that appear on the Radiocast interactive map.Radiocast is an interactive globe featuring over 7,000 radio stations broadcasting from around the world—all of which can be Maps Mania… more →
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No Local News

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“There are 206 counties in the United States with no news outlets. There are 1,561 counties with only one. More than two newspapers a week are closing, and print frequency is shrinking. Some 7,000 newspaper jobs were eliminated in the past year, almost 2,000 of them in newsroom positions.” – The 2024 State of Local News ReportThe Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University has Maps Mania… more →
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The Sad State of Local News 2023

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Northwestern University’s The State of Local News Outlook is an interactive map which visualizes the number of surviving local newspapers in every county in the United States. On this local news map individual counties are clored to show whether the county has 0, 1 or 2 or more news outlets. The data shown on the map can also be filtered to show the number of local number of newspapers, Maps Mania… more →
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