Read Joe Capozzi's article: https://www.byjoecapozzi.com/post/homage-to-a-local-newspaper-dynasty-after-112-years-lake-worth-herald-publishes-final-issue
What did it in-- ECONOMICS--There are 204 counties with no local news outlet. Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than half, or 1,766, have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet, typically a weekly newspaper. The loss of local newspapers ticked higher in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, up from two per week last year. There were more than 130 confirmed newspaper closings or mergers this past year. Since 2005, the U.S. has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers. The nation is on pace to lose one-third of all its newspapers by the end of next year. There are about 6,000 newspapers remaining, the vast majority of which are weeklies. The country has lost almost two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, or 43,000, during that same time. Most of those journalists were employed by large metro and regional newspapers. There are about 550 digital-only local news sites, many of which launched in the past decade, but they are mostly clustered in metro areas. In the past five years, the number of local digital startups has roughly equaled the number that shuttered. Based on the demographics and economics of current news desert counties, Medill’s modeling estimates that 228 counties are at an elevated risk of becoming news deserts in the next five years. Most of those “Watch List” counties are located in high-poverty areas in the South and Midwest, and many serve communities with significant African American, Hispanic and Native American populations. https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2023/more-than-half-of-us-counties-have-no-access-or-very-limited-access-to-local-news.html#:~:text=There%20are%20204%20counties%20with,in%20the%20next%20five%20years.
Oh my god, really? That is really a shocker.
ReplyDeleteRead Joe Capozzi's article: https://www.byjoecapozzi.com/post/homage-to-a-local-newspaper-dynasty-after-112-years-lake-worth-herald-publishes-final-issue
ReplyDeleteThe Florida GOP helped kill it.
ReplyDelete@7:45...LOL...what killed it was Biden's economy.
ReplyDeleteYou're not going to publish a comment that points out that you should read Joe Capozzi's article? lol you're such a pitiful snowflake.
ReplyDelete@8:16...the ONLY snowflake here is you. The link to his article was posted on Jan 6. You can't read either. So pitiful. :)
ReplyDeletehow did the Republican Legislature "kill" it?
ReplyDeleteWhat did it in-- ECONOMICS--There are 204 counties with no local news outlet. Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than half, or 1,766, have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet, typically a weekly newspaper.
ReplyDeleteThe loss of local newspapers ticked higher in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, up from two per week last year. There were more than 130 confirmed newspaper closings or mergers this past year.
Since 2005, the U.S. has lost nearly 2,900 newspapers. The nation is on pace to lose one-third of all its newspapers by the end of next year. There are about 6,000 newspapers remaining, the vast majority of which are weeklies.
The country has lost almost two-thirds of its newspaper journalists, or 43,000, during that same time. Most of those journalists were employed by large metro and regional newspapers.
There are about 550 digital-only local news sites, many of which launched in the past decade, but they are mostly clustered in metro areas. In the past five years, the number of local digital startups has roughly equaled the number that shuttered.
Based on the demographics and economics of current news desert counties, Medill’s modeling estimates that 228 counties are at an elevated risk of becoming news deserts in the next five years. Most of those “Watch List” counties are located in high-poverty areas in the South and Midwest, and many serve communities with significant African American, Hispanic and Native American populations. https://www.medill.northwestern.edu/news/2023/more-than-half-of-us-counties-have-no-access-or-very-limited-access-to-local-news.html#:~:text=There%20are%20204%20counties%20with,in%20the%20next%20five%20years.