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16 March 2022Access AmericaAnne Nelson, Bald Knob Banner, Berkshire Eagle, Democracy, Glennville Sentinel, Hernando Today, Joshua Darr, Journalism, Leuphana, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Local Newspapers, Midwest, News, News Desert, Newspapers, Public News Service, Report of America, Rhein-Zeitung, Rocky Mountain News, Small Town, The Desert Sun, U.S. local print newspapers, VindicatorHenrike Kattoll

News Deserts and the Challenge to Democracy

By Deborah Steinborn

What do Glennville, Georgia, and Youngstown, Ohio, have in common? The small town in the Deep South and the mid-sized Midwestern city both have lost their sole local newspapers in recent years.