The deserts are expanding.
Not the ones with cacti and sand, but the ones associated with newspapers.
News deserts are areas without local newspapers, and according to the Medill State of Local News Report 2024, the number of local news deserts in the United States expanded this year with 127 newspapers shuttering, leaving nearly 55 million Americans with limited to no access to local news.
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