Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「“Ghost newsrooms”—newspapers that have little to no on-the-ground presence in the localities whose name they bear—are increasingly dotting the American media landscape. It is a sobering development in an industry that has been brought to its knees by the rise of digital media and large technology companies.⁠ ⁠ Dozens of newspapers across the U.S. don’t have a single full-time reporter dedicated to that publication, according to a WSJ analysis and industry observers.⁠ ⁠ Many newspapers “are so depleted in staff, or maybe have no staff, that they’re not able to provide the sort of communication the residents in that community need to make wise decisions,” said Penelope Abernathy, a visiting professor at Northwestern University and lead author of a recent report on the state of local news in the U.S. ⁠ ⁠ In some places, startups have sprouted to cover the issues that no longer appear in the local paper’s pages, but not to a degree large enough to offset the decline of established news publications, the study said. ⁠ ⁠ The lack of local-news coverage could make it more difficult to detect corruption, journalists and industry observers say. They cite the importance of covering hot-button topics, especially as localities confront a number of societal issues, including school curricula and policing.⁠ ⁠ The hollowing out of local newsrooms comes as waves of consolidation and layoffs have significantly changed the country’s news landscape over the past decade. Smaller outlets were hit particularly hard by sharp declines in circulation and incursions into their online advertising businesses from tech giants such as Google and Facebook. ⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 🎨: @emil.lendof / WSJ; iStock」11月30日 9時01分