News deserts causing information gap in North Dakota

When a local paper disappears, something larger goes missing too — the steady pulse of community life. A new study from the North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives and the North Dakota Newspaper Association found that in three counties without a local newspaper — Slope, Dunn, and Sioux — residents are turning to social media for news they no longer get from their hometown press. The result: more confusion, less civic awareness, and a warning for other communities teetering on the edge of becoming news deserts. Joshua Mathisen with KX News has the full story.

Joshua Mathisen

KX News

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