No Local News

“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

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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