News that another local paper or TV news show is cutting back or closing down may lead to a resigned shrug from the general population.
But that's a big mistake, says April Lindgren, associate professor in Ryerson University's School of Journalism and academic director of the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre. She heads the Local News Research Project.
"We have a tendency to say, well who cares? The local paper wasn't very good, or the local TV station just covered fluffy events," she says.
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