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Wealthier, urban Americans have access to more local news – while roughly half of US counties have only one outlet or less

February 29, 2024
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By Sarah Stonbely For more than a decade, ,Sarah Stonbely,, director of the State of Local News Project, Northwestern University has worked in organizations that study and support local journalism. She is intimately familiar with both the challenges and the solutions for the local journalism landscape. Below are her analytical thoughts. Is local news readily available in

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