More than half of U.S. counties have no access or very limited access to local news - Medill - Northwestern University
Analysis shows more than 7% of counties at substantial risk of losing newsBased 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.EVANSTON, ILL. – The loss of local newspapers accelerated in 2023 to an average of 2.5 per week, leaving more than 200 counties as “news deserts” and meaning that more than half of all U.S. counties now have limited access to reliable ...
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