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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Sewell Chan

Since 2005, Texas has lost more newspaper journalists per capita than all but two other states

The Del Rio News-Herald printed its final edition on November 18, 2020.
The Del Rio News-Herald printed its final edition on Nov. 18, 2020. (Credit: Texas Tribune)

Since 2005, Texas has lost more newspaper journalists per capita than any state other than California and New Jersey, according to a new national study on the state of local news. Over that period, Texas lost about one-third of its newspapers — 211 closed, leaving 423.

The State of Local News 2022, a report released Wednesday by the Local News Initiative at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, notes that more than one-tenth of Texas counties — 27 of 254 — no longer have a local newspaper, daily or weekly.

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