Can Libraries Fix News Deserts?

By Samantha Wright

Published August 30, 2019 at 1:35 PM MDT

The city of Longmont, Colo., is doing a feasibility study on how to change the way its library is funded, in a way that might also help fund local coverage.

The news desert is growing. The Mountain West is home to two dozen counties without a single local newspaper. Now, one Colorado city is scoping out a new way to fund local coverage ... possibly through the public library.

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As Senior Producer of our live daily talk show Idaho Matters, I’m able to indulge my love of storytelling and share all kinds of information (I was probably a Town Crier in a past life). My career has allowed me to learn something new everyday and to share that knowledge with all my friends on the radio.

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