The Loss of Local News
A series from ‘After the Fact,’ Pew’s podcast
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In this three-part series, we explore the decline in local news coverage across America. Host Dan LeDuc interviews journalism experts, travels to a “news desert” where the daily newspaper recently printed its last edition, and visits the newsroom of a paper that is bucking the trend and doubling down on its investment in community coverage.
Join us as we discover:
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