Tom Stites, Author at Poynter

Tom Stites

A quarter of all U.S. newspapers have died in 15 years, a new UNC news deserts study found

At least 1,800 communities that had a local news outlet in 2004 were without one at the beginning of 2020.

June 24, 2020

About 1,300 U.S. communities have totally lost news coverage, UNC news desert study finds

It’s hardly a secret that news deserts are spreading, but just how bad is it?…

October 15, 2018

New data tracks how fast news deserts are spreading

News deserts are ominous to democracy, but how many there are and how fast they’re…

June 1, 2018