Facebook says its effort to establish a service that provides users with local news is being hindered by the lack of outlets where the company's technicians can find original reporting.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Facebook's effort to establish a service that provides its users with local news and information is being hindered by the lack of outlets where the company's technicians can find original reporting.
Facebook announced Monday it would share its research with academics at Duke, Harvard, Minnesota and North Carolina who are studying the extent of news deserts created by newspaper closures and staff downsizing . The Facebook service, called"Today In ," collects news stories from various local outlets, along with government and community groups. The company deems a community unsuitable for"Today In" if it cannot find a single day in a month with at least five news items available to share.
"It affirms the fact that we have a real lack of original local reporting," said Penelope Muse Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor who studies the topic. She said she hopes the data helps pinpoint areas where the need is greatest, eventually leading to some ideas for solutions.
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