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Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News
Local newspapers are no longer accessed primarily through print
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- Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News
- Americans increasingly prefer digital pathways to local news
- Most Americans say local media are at least somewhat important to their community
- Most Americans say local media are doing well at different aspects of reporting
- Majorities of both political parties believe their local news media do various aspects of their jobs well
- Declines in attention to both local and national news
- Americans’ preferred path to local news is moving online
- More Americans get local news from online forums than daily newspapers
- Local newspapers are no longer accessed primarily through print
- Share who think their local news is doing well financially has fallen since 2018 but is still a majority
- Weather, crime, traffic and government are all commonly followed local news topics
- Younger adults are more likely to say that local journalists should advocate for change in the community