How People Learn About Their Local Community

While local TV news remains the most popular source for local information in America, adults rely on it primarily for just three subjects—weather, breaking news and to a lesser extent traffic.

And for all their problems, newspapers (both print and on the web) are the source Americans turn to most for a wider range of information than any other source.

These are some of the findings of a new study produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Pew Internet & American Life Project in partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.


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