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Democracy in the Desert

They say all politics is local. So how do voters access local news when they're located in a news desert?

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Democracy in the Desert

Rural newspapers are fighting to survive. So what happens when major news hits?

by Melodie Edwards
Nov 4, 2024
A small town Wyoming editor has been running the local 120-year-old weekly newspaper by herself.
Pinedale Roundup editor Cali O'Hare felt threatened after her coverage of a tortured wolf rubbed some locals the wrong way.
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Democracy in the Desert

State legislatures advance measures to support local news

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
May 21, 2024
Bills in New York and California include things like tax credits for employing local journalists and taxes on Meta and Google.
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Not everyone who lives in a "news desert" would describe it that way

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 15, 2024
And those attitudes about local information ecosystems may provide insight into solutions for news deserts.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that people living in news deserts often turn to social media for information.
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Solutions for local news deserts

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Apr 9, 2024
Legacy news outlets are changing revenue models, for-profit outfits are switching to nonprofit and startups are finding opportunities.
"More than a dozen states have either passed legislation or are considering legislation to help local news," said Tim Franklin, who leads the Medill Local News Initiative at Northwestern University.
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Special: Democracy in the Desert

Mar 1, 2024
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The life and death of one local newspaper in Virginia

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Mar 1, 2024
Keith Stickley had to pull the plug on the local newspaper he founded when he just couldn't make the economics work any longer.
"I had to create this printing company," said Keith Stickley, owner of Shenandoah Publications. "So we created the printing company to subsidize the newspaper. And so, we used printing margins to support a bad habit."
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The life and death of a Virginia newspaper

Mar 1, 2024
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How one Virginia county an hour from D.C. became a news desert

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Feb 29, 2024
In King George County, Virginia, the closure of local newspapers and struggles of area outlets to cover the community have left residents with few sources of reliable news.
With newspapers like the King George News and the King George Journal no longer in publication, residents of King George County, Virginia, have slim options for reliable local news coverage.
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How a lack of local news coverage may have played a role in a 2018 election scandal

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Feb 28, 2024
And experts are finding links between voter apathy and a lack of reputable local news outlets.
After a 2018 ballot scandal involving North Carolina Republican Mark Harris came to light, officials ordered a new election.
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From news desert to election do-over

Feb 28, 2024
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