The Decline of Local News Reporting

Thursday, 27 March 2014 | by Pat's Picks

Paul Farhi of the Washington Post examines the gradual decline in local news reporting. He says more and more news gathering operations target a broad and borderless audience online, resulting in less coverage of local news and events. A report from Pew found that just 30 national and international news sites accounted for 60 percent of all new digital journalism jobs in the last five years.

SOURCE: Washington Post