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How local journalism can upend the 'fake news' narrative

  • Written by Damian Radcliffe, Caroline S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon
Local journalists are often the only journalists that most people will ever meet.teka12/Shutterstock.com

“For the first time media is the least trusted institution globally,” Edelman, the global PR and marketing firm concluded in its annual worldwide study on trust in institutions like the media, business and government.

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