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jayschool2013

(2,488 posts)
39. If you've canceled your Washington Post subscription
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 07:54 AM
Saturday

and want to support journalism, may I politely suggest that your first dollar might go to your local news site, or a student-led news site at a local college or university.

National news is great, but there's also this warning from the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University:

In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide
But what does this election-result correlation mean?


by Paul Farhi and John Volk | volk_maps

Donald Trump won the 2024 election with one of the smallest popular-vote margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts – counties lacking a professional source of local news – it was an avalanche. Trump won 91% percent of these counties over his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, according to an analysis of voting data by Medill Journalism School’s State of Local News project.

While Trump’s national popular-vote margin was just under 1.5%, his margin in news deserts was massive. He won these counties by an average of 54 percentage points. In the few won by Harris, her margin was a comparatively slim 18 points, the analysis shows.

The findings are based on results from 193 of the 206 counties Medill has identified as news deserts, in states where county-level election results are currently available. The third annual State of Local News report, released by Medill’s Local News Initiative in October, documented the continuing decline of local news across the country, as measured by the number of newspapers, circulation, frequency of publication, employment and readership.

The report found that the highest concentration of counties with limited access to local news were in solidly “red” states, such as Texas, Kentucky, Arkansas, Idaho, Montana and Mississippi.

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Brava, Ann Telnaes! FakeNoose Friday #2
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A number of former WaPo reporters got jobs with the Atlantic. Ocelot II Friday #14
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I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream JanMichael Saturday #49
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Great cartoon. Baitball Blogger Friday #6
This is very sad. She's a great editorial cartoonist. I admire her principles but very sorry spooky3 Friday #7
Thank you Ms. Telnaes JustAnotherGen Friday #8
Brava! SheltieLover Friday #9
Good for her MustLoveBeagles Friday #11
I'm trying the sign up for free option to her newsletter, but so far it hasn't shown up Hekate Friday #12
Just confirms I did the right thing when I canceled my subscription ribrepin Friday #13
Ditto. Pinback Friday #24
The WAPO needs to change it's motto tonekat Saturday #48
Wow. I'm impressed that she's doing this but horrified that she has to. Kablooie Friday #15
tell us more! NJCher Friday #16
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Cool! calimary Saturday #36
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I have no doubt she'll get hired somewhere quickly Blue_Tires Yesterday #56
Way to go Ann! 😁 boonecreek Friday #18
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I so so hope you're right about that, AP! BComplex Saturday #44
We need more people . . . AverageOldGuy Friday #20
Yes, the pitchforks will be coming out. eom Exp Friday #21
Congrats, Ann! I subscribed to the Boston Globe TBF Friday #22
The Washington Post is dead to me. dalton99a Friday #23
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A wonderful person that has what we DU's love.....INTEGRITY chouchou Friday #27
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She speaks truth Pas-de-Calais Friday #30
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If you've canceled your Washington Post subscription jayschool2013 Saturday #39
I've enjoyed her work for years. She's one of the very best. Paladin Saturday #40
Ann Telnaes is possibly the best editorial cartoonist. Her resignation is just one more reason to cancel WaPo. Lonestarblue Saturday #41
As a fellow cartoonist... GiqueCee Saturday #42
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At least some are still sounding the alarm. yellow dahlia Saturday #53
Thank goodness for professionals like Ann. Passages Saturday #45
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The Streisand effect in full display. Kablooie Sunday #55
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