How Americans Consume News

My latest piece for the American Communities Project focuses on how Americans are absorbing and avoiding the news in this fragmented media environment and highlights the new bright spots in the local news landscape.

“As the local news landscape continues to shrink, a large swath of Americans say they absorb community news through the ether and their daily chatter, from going about their day to scrolling on social media to connecting with family and friends. At the same time, a large part of the population says they avoid the news, according to the latest American Communities Project/Ipsos survey of some 5,000 Americans, conducted last summer.”

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