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A news desert refers to a community that is no longer covered by daily or nondaily newspapers. The term emerged in the United States after hundreds of daily and weekly newspapers were closed in the 2000s and the 2010s. According to a study in 2018 by the UNC School of Media and Journalism, more than 1,300 communities in the U.S. are considered news deserts.[1] Other communities, while not technically a news desert, may be covered by a ghost newspaper, a publication that has become a shadow of its former self.[2]

In 2024, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University released a report that found that 1,561 counties in the United States had only one local news organization (e.g. print newspaper, news website, public broadcaster, or ethnic media outlet) while 206 counties had none, that 55 million Americans lived in news desert counties, and that news desert counties had lower median household incomes, lower rates of educational attainment, a higher median population age, and higher poverty rates.[3][4]

Background

The term "news desert" was used as early as 1980[5] to explain the general character of newspaper coverage and accessibility in Canada at the beginning of the century and its effect on the population's sourcing of local news. This initial context contrasts with the term's use in the 21st century, which primarily applies it as a frame for deficits or reductions in news coverage.

The total number of newspapers in the U.S. fell from 8,891 in 2004 to 7,112 in 2018, a decline of 1,779 newspapers, including more than 60 daily newspapers.[6] Of the remaining publications, an estimated 1,000 to 1,500 newspapers were considered ghost newspapers after scaling back their news coverage so much that they were unable to fully cover their communities.[7]

Extent

In 2017, the Columbia Journalism Review released a map of news deserts across the United States. It showed that Collin County and Williamson County in Texas, with a combined population of nearly 1.3 million people, were among the largest news deserts in the country. Other notable news deserts include Ellis County, Texas and Alamance County, North Carolina. Some of those communities, however, may be covered by very small newspapers with a circulation of less than 1% or all-digital news outlets.[8]

A study in 2018 by the UNC School of Media and Journalism found more than 1,300 news deserts in the United States. Of the 3,143 counties in the U.S., more than 2,000 no longer had a daily newspaper and 171 counties, with 3.2 million residents combined, had no newspaper at all. People who live in news deserts tend to be poorer, older and less educated than the average American, according to the study. As of 2018, more than 90 counties without a newspaper were in the Southern United States, making it by far the largest news desert in the country.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About 1,300 U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage, UNC news desert study finds". Poynter Institute. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  2. ^ "In era of news deserts, no easy fix for local news struggles". Associated Press. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hagen, Neena (December 3, 2024). "Amid growing 'news deserts' in the US, non-traditional media outlets are on the rise". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  4. ^ Metzger, Zach (October 23, 2024). The State of Local News: The 2024 Report (Report). Medill School of Journalism. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  5. ^ Schultz, John (March 1980). "Whose News? The Struggle for Wire Services Distribution, 1900–1920". American Review of Canadian Studies. 10 (1): 27–38. doi:10.1080/02722018009481171. ISSN 0272-2011.
  6. ^ "The Loss of Newspapers and Readers - News Deserts".
  7. ^ "The Rise of the Ghost Newspaper - News Deserts".
  8. ^ "America's growing news deserts".

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