the real crisis is not technological, its geographic

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/30/the-big-journalism-void-the-real-crisis-is-not-technological-its-geographic

The big journalism void: 'The real crisis is not technological, it’s geographic'

As the article states, specifically American media has long been distinctly local – but essential newspapers are facing a particular struggle as readers’ attention shifts to the national media. According to Tom Rosentiel, fellow at the Brookings Institution who founded and ran for 16 years the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Research Center, quotes "The real crisis in American journalism is not technological, it’s geographic" and that "Local press isn’t dead, but it’s fragmented and weakened."

• in 1990, US newspapers employed 56,900 people full-time in newsrooms
• ;by 2015, that number had plummeted to 32,900
• The US has 1,300 newspapers, only three or four of which are national