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This is an era of profound disruption in the media. Journalists are being laid off by the thousands and their newspapers are closing in large numbers. Newsrooms are shrinking as the business of journalism changes dramatically. In many parts of the country, local newspapers are disappearing altogether, creating a kind of vacuum that leaves communities without reliable information about what’s going on around them.
In a town like McKeesport, Pennsylvania, where the local newspaper went out of business in 2015, citizens are trying to make sense of what’s happening in their community as they struggle to separate facts from gossip on social media. In Death of the Daily News, Andrew Conte writes with perceptiveness and empathy about this troubling phenomenon, showing us what it’s like when a local newspaper dies and how a small, resilient town attempts to fill the gap.
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