Seven Reasons to Love Local News Outlets

You love your community. You love your local schools, restaurants, and small businesses. And you love keeping your eye on local politics to ensure that the things you love are funded, improved, and prioritized. That's why we want to send some serious love to local news outlets. Check out the slides to see how local news organizations support the many things you ❤ about where you live. 

Sources:

The Brookings Institution: Why America must revive its local newsrooms

https://www.brookings.edu/research/local-journalism-in-crisis-why-america-must-revive-its-local-newsrooms/

Nieman Lab: Want to reduce political polarization? Save your local newspaper

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/02/want-to-reduce-political-polarization-save-your-local-newspaper/

MarketWatch: How the death of your local newspaper could cost you money

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-the-death-of-your-local-newspaper-could-cost-you-money-2018-07-25