Our own definition of “news desert” at UNC has evolved since we published our first report The Rise of a New Media Baron and the Emerging Threat of News Deserts in 2016. In that report, we noted that with the…
Author: Penelope Muse Abernathy
How to restore trust in the media: Abernathy’s testimony to the Knight Commission
How can we revive and restore trust in the media? University of North Carolina Knight Chair in Journalism and Digital Media Economics Penelope Muse Abernathy outlined how to help save local news operations in her testimony to the Knight Commission…