BrianKrebs@briankrebs@infosec.exchange
I was blown away reading this new research from the site Muckrack.com, which finds a rapid decline in the number of local journalists per resident across the United States. I knew the situation wasn't great with more news sites relying on AI-based news gathering for more content, but this drop is way more precipitous than I thought:
"Using data that’s never been tapped before, we now know just how severe this local journalist shortage has become. Less than a quarter-century ago, the United States had about 40 journalists per 100,000 residents on average. Now, the equivalent number is 8.2 Local Journalist Equivalents, about a 75% decline. (Local Journalist Equivalent is a new measure we’re introducing, akin to a Full Time Equivalent or FTE).
https://muckrack.com/research/local-journalist-index
Max Fenton@maxfenton@mas.to
@briankrebs@infosec.exchange TIL muckrack is a PR firm that sounds like muckrock the FOIA site