State of Local News in Buffalo and New York State
A new study highlights the worsening condition of local news outlets across New York and the nation.
Nationally, the state of local news is depressing, according to a study by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. As Poynter summarizes:
The country has lost nearly 3,500 newspapers and more than 270,000 newspaper jobs over the past two decades, leaving 50 million people in "news deserts," areas where people have limited or no access to reliable local news sources.
The closures this year primarily affected papers belonging to smaller, independent owners. Most of the papers that have closed were weeklies, which the report defines as papers printed fewer than three days a week. However, the number of dailies has also declined, with fewer than 1,000 dailies remaining in the U.S. for the first time.
Author's summary: Local news outlets are declining nationwide.
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