Nieman Lab
An old FCC rule is being used to justify shrinking the Dayton “Daily” News to three days a week
To increase the quality of local journalism in Ohio, the Federal Communications Commission is requiring three newspapers to stop printing daily. Back in 1975, a thousand media ecosystems ago, the FCC passed a well-intentioned rule that said a city’s newspaper couldn’t be owned by the same company that owns one of its TV or radio stations.
College students who go off Facebook for a week consume less news and report being less depressed (Nieman Lab)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 10/02/2019 - 15:50
Local newspapers are suffering, but they’re still (by far) the most significant journalism producers in their communities
Local newspapers have always been the epicenter of local news ecosystems. While communities may have other sources of journalism, such as TV and radio stations and online-only outlets, the bulk of the reporting serving local communities has traditionally been provided by local newspapers. we conducted a study that explores which types of outlets are the most significant producers of journalism in 100 randomly sampled communities across the US.