The Future of Local News and America’s Growing News Deserts

About this episode

Kristen Hare discusses the challenges facing local journalism and the emergence of news deserts.

Poynter journalist Kristen Hare discusses the state of local journalism. She breaks down the rise of news deserts and how shifts in ownership and technology are changing the future of community news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Tom Jones

Guest: Kristen Hare

Topics covered

• local journalism
• news deserts
• community news
• media ownership
• technology in journalism

Keywords

• local news
• news deserts
• journalism
• media
• community

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Organizations: Poynter

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