News desert

How it is used

Use for a lack of sustained local reporting, not merely for poor internet reception.

Example sentences

1. After the weekly closed, the valley became a news desert with no reporter at council meetings.

   The absence of routine civic coverage illustrates the reporting gap.

2. A town can be a news desert even when national headlines fill residents' phones.

   Abundant general information does not replace original reporting about a community.

Common collocations

• become a news desert
• local news desert
• address news deserts

Related terms

• media outletAny organisation or channel that publishes or broadcasts news and information, such as a newspaper, TV channel, radio station, magazine or news website.
• coverageThe way the media report an event or subject, and how much attention they give it, in print, online or on air.

More terms: The Press and the Media Industry

• the press
• tabloid
• broadsheet
• circulation
• readership
• freelancer
• ghost newspaper
• media capture
• public service media
• community radio
• reader revenue
• syndication