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Cristin Severance discusses the concept of news deserts and the challenges facing local journalism in the current media landscape.

  News deserts. At first blush, it seems like strange term in an era in which most people are regularly inundated on their devices with boatloads of emails and other messages about developments in the world around them. Unfortunately, as even a cursory look at the news landscape across the United States right now quickly […]

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Guest: Cristin Severance

Topics covered

• news deserts
• local journalism
• media landscape
• news accessibility
• future of journalism

Keywords

• news deserts
• local journalism
• media
• journalism future
• news accessibility

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Organizations: WRAL-TV

Places: United States

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