This Twitter thread is a good read for anyone interested in the impact on the continuing closure of local newspapers in the US. It lists important local news stories published by local newspapers.
U.S. local newspapers are dying at a rate of 2 per week. By 2025, a third of them will be gone. If you’re not convinced that’s a doomsday-level threat to democracy, read this state-by-state list of what local reporters uncovered in 2022. It’s a sample of what we stand to lose.
— Joseph Cranney (@joey_cranney) December 23, 2022
Sadly, too many local newspapers in Australia are published by the big publishers and those newspapers carry little genuine journalism.