The number of local journalists per capita in the United States has declined by an average of about 75% since 2002. New report Non -profit reconstruction by local news and MUCK Rack, an aggregator of journalism.
This includes over 1,000 counties-one of the three-three, which is not equal to a full-time journalist, the report states that attempts to determine the scale of local news shortage of the US.
Less local journalists translate to less vigilant eyes on school boards, local games, businesses, city and city governments and other important local institutions, stating that the issue is “more serious and widely more serious and widely called.”
“The disadvantage of local news is related to a lot of other problems to America: polarization, radicalization, loneliness, lack of trust in all and everything,” wrote Brian Stalter, CNN’s media reporter, on social media.
Of earlier Reports Attempted to reduce the loss of local newspapers as the owners sell for a long time and more and more outlets are purchased by regional or national chains. However, reports of local news and reconstruction of silent racks can be the first of its kind to try reporters, not of outlets.
The report tries to do so using Muckrack’s data, which he collects from online published articles. Researchers created a process to identify the profiles representing local journalists, and then adjusted to the volume of published articles, freelance work and other factors.
The evaluation caused widespread damage to local journalists across the country.
“Thousands of rural, urban and suburban communities are being abandoned without basic reporting, they need to be informed, connected and civicly busy,” Steven Waldman, the president of the reconstruction local news. told CNN’s stelter.
The report stated that Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix and Las Vegas include several major metropolitan areas, which have less local journalists per capita than the national average. This means some neighborhood “If there is a serious crime, but not much.”
“You can get very little reliable information about local candidates in many cities of La County, whether you improve the school in your neighborhood, whether the mortality rate in the surrounding hospital is bad, or how people are working to repair your playground,” said.
The report in New York City, San Francisco and Safok County, Mass. Highlighting, which covers Boston, as major metropolitan areas with high cases of local journalists.
The report states that some states are also much better than others. For example, Vermont has 27.5 local journalist counterparts per 100,000 people, the same density as the city of New York. This is due to the combination of existing heritage media and new non -profit papers that have increased prominently, the report states.
There are new non -profit news rooms sprung up In recent years, in cities across the country, especially venture capital firms and major publication companies have seen to acquire heritage metro newspapers.
