Francisco Perez

Nov 7, 2023 | nonprofitquarterly.org | Isaiah Thompson |Jeree Thomas |Francisco Perez |Sarah Wang |Francisco Pérez

The decades-long decimation of local news—and the dangers that the trend poses for public oversight, an informed citizenry, and democracy itself—remains very much underway. Since 2005, some 2,200 local newspapers have closed, according to a press release by the MacArthur Foundation.