How journalism saves communities money: “subsidies that support local journalism…help to offset the $1.1 billion in annual borrowing costs and the additional costs associated with higher taxes, government spending, and corruption” www.poynter.org/reporting-ed... www.poynter.org/reporting-ed...

A community can have local newspapers and still lack local news - PoynterCalifornia’s local news landscape — from a thriving weekly in Carmel to a one-reporter newsroom in Merced — shows why counting newspapers isn't enoughwww.poynter.org