Broken Hill’s only newspaper, The Barrier Truth, closes due to cashflow problems, with staffer saying loss is ‘really sad for the community’
Broken Hill’s only newspaper has closed after almost 130 years of operation in a major blow to the outback NSW community.
The Barrier Truth’s board told staff the union-run bi-weekly paper would shut down as its final edition went to press.
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Continue reading...Areas without a reliable source of local news tend to be poorer, older and less educated than those covered well
Despite a growing recognition of the problem, the United States continues to see newspapers die at the rate of two per week, according to a report issued on Wednesday on the state of local news.
Areas of the country that find themselves without a reliable source of local news tend to be poorer, older and less educated than those covered well, Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media and Integrated Marketing Communications said.
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