Local Media is Dying and It’s Taking Smaller Cities With It

From a report, Local News Is Dying, and It’s Taking Small Town America With It, published by Bloomberg:

Local news outlets play a vital role in the daily lives of communities who are often ignored by mega-media companies that are disconnected geographically and culturally,” said Hugo Balta, the president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, in an email. “The regionalization of content production, a failed one-size-fits-all practice, is irrelevant to already underserved communities like Hispanics, especially in small markets where information about local government, education, health and other important issues is indispensable.