Opinion by Perry Bacon Jr.: Ten billion dollars isn’t much money for the United States to spend on the collapse of local news, something that the nation defines as a crisis.
So, here’s the solution. The United States is divided into 435 congressional districts, each with about. We need at least one 100-staffer news organization in every district. Some of those districts aren’t a single community or city. And districts, of course, change every 10 years. But if there were well-staffed news organizations in 435 distinct geographic areas around the country, that would result in a huge increase in journalism, particularly places that are now “news deserts.
This would not merely add new outlets in rural areas. Inevitably, a big metro area has suburbs, exurbs and distinct neighborhoods within the central city. In most cases, the central business district within city limits gets the vast majority of coverage. But the people who live in Prince George’s County don’t get much value from news about D.C.’s mayor.Having well-staffed news organizations in every community isn’t just about making sure city council and school board meetings get covered.
Because people consume news in such a variety of ways, local news organizations need to be producing stories in text, audio, video and whatever formats emerge in the future. Essentially, we need local versions of outlets like The Post, the New York Times, CNN and NPR — lots of original reporting, accessible in many formats.. Anyone born after 1985 has lived in a world where at least some news was on the internet for free. It will be hard to get them to pay for it.
Paywalls often result in the journalism with the most rigorous reporting and editing reaching a paying audience that is
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