With thousands of local news outlets in the US shrinking or closing, ordinary citizens are filling the gap. Jackie Jantzi from Akron, Ohio, for example, attends school board meetings and publishes free summaries online through the Documenters program, which now operates in 25 networks. Research by professor Johanna Dunaway shows that the disappearance of local newspapers is linked to more...
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