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Save the Media, Save America
Today we’re exploring a vital aspect of our society, news. Shockingly, more than one in five
American citizens now live in news deserts with very limited access to local news, according to study by Northwestern University.
Seventy million people, who live in more than 200 counties, don’t have a newspaper…. and more papers are shutting down…. two newspapers a week are disappearing.
In the past two years, 64 “new”digital state and local news sites went online but that was about the same
number that went out of business.
To explore the critical issue of the lack of news and where we are heading without the news….. is Jaci Clement the CEO and Executive Director of the Fair Media Council in New York.
Jaci is an industry thought leader, a writer, speaker who has submitted filings with the FCC and amicus briefs in media court cases that have influenced outcomes to protect the public interest,
and she hosts her own Podcast called Fast Chat.
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Today we’re exploring a vital aspect of our society, news. Shockingly, more than one in five
American citizens now live in news deserts with very limited access to local news, according to study by Northwestern University.
Seventy million people, who live in more than 200 counties, don’t have a newspaper…. and more papers are shutting down…. two newspapers a week are disappearing.
In the past two years, 64 “new”digital state and local news sites went online but that was about the same
number that went out of business.
To explore the critical issue of the lack of news and where we are heading without the news….. is Jaci Clement the CEO and Executive Director of the Fair Media Council in New York.
Jaci is an industry thought leader, a writer, speaker who has submitted filings with the FCC and amicus briefs in media court cases that have influenced outcomes to protect the public interest,
and she hosts her own Podcast called Fast Chat.