The Expanding News Desert | Penelope Muse Abernathy, Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics

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Instead of Killing the US Postal System, Let’s Expand It | The Nation https://www.thenation.com/article/society/usps-funding-local-media/ 119 comments
Altercation: The Media’s Role in Biden’s Popularity Decline - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/politics/altercation-medias-role-in-bidens-popularity-decline/ 52 comments
Local News Outlets May Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/business/media/build-back-better-local-news.html 24 comments
30 Ways Environmentalists Can Participate in Democracy • The Revelator https://therevelator.org/environmental-democracy/ 6 comments
From “Enemy of the People” to “Essential”: The Pandemic Creates an Opening for the Press https://www.justsecurity.org/69991/from-enemy-of-the-people-to-essential-the-pandemic-creates-an-opening-for-the-press/ 3 comments
Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says “Probably Not.” - Public Knowledge https://www.publicknowledge.org/blog/can-the-journalism-competition-preservation-act-really-preserve-local-journalism-public-knowledge-says-probably-not/ 1 comment
Working Together To Alleviate 'News Deserts' : NPR Public Editor : NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2020/03/06/812096584/working-together-to-alleviate-news-deserts 0 comments
These Reporters Lost Their Jobs. Here Are the Stories They Couldn’t Tell. - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/local-news-lost-stories.html 0 comments
A newspaper shines a light on missing Indigenous women with the help of technology - Source https://news.microsoft.com/features/a-newspaper-shines-a-light-on-missing-indigenous-women-with-the-help-of-technology/ 0 comments
How College Students Can Help Save Local News | Snopes.com https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/05/26/college-students-help-save-local-news/ 0 comments
Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says “Probably Not.” - Public Knowledge https://publicknowledge.org/can-the-journalism-competition-preservation-act-really-preserve-local-journalism-public-knowledge-says-probably-not/ 0 comments
January readings - Brain Pizza by Shane O'Mara https://brainpizza.substack.com/p/january-readings 0 comments
The Dangers of Google's Search Trial Secrecy - ProMarket https://www.promarket.org/2023/10/27/google-monopolizes-judicial-system-information-with-trial-secrecy/ 0 comments
‘The final act’: fears US journalism crisis could destabilize 2024 election | Media | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/mar/24/us-election-journalism-crisis 0 comments