PEW RESEARCH CENTER – 12/09/2019
MASON WALKER
Americans have little awareness of the financial challenges facing local newsroomsLocal newsrooms across the country are struggling financially amid declines in revenue and staffing, but the public is broadly unaware of these challenges. A majority of U.S. adults believe their local news media are doing well financially, even as only 14% say they have paid for local news themselves in the past year, either through subscribing, donating or becoming a member, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted last fall.