New report maps a “severe” shortage of local journalists in the U.S. The report from Rebuild Local News and Muck Rack finds that more than 1,000 counties — one out of three in the nation — do not have the equivalent of even one full-time local journalist.

No reporters. No watchdogs. No transparency.

This new map from Medill shows that hundreds of U.S. counties now have zero local journalists. We’re not just losing stories—we’re losing the civic glue that holds communities together.

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