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Local News Deserts Are Eroding Democracy | Lexington News
Local news is vanishing across America, leaving 213 counties without any coverage — mostly in rural areas where digital startups can’t reach. Driven by ad revenue fleeing to big tech and shrinking readership, papers like Kentucky’s Mountain Eagle are caught in a deadly cycle: fewer readers mean less money, which means thinner issues, which means even fewer readers. Without local journalism, communities lose their watchdogs — as seen when a convicted arsonist ran unopposed for mayor. But hope is rising: initiatives like Press Forward are helping newsrooms become sustainable nonprofits, while…
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