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On U.S. Military Bases, Fewer and Fewer Options for Local News

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April 30, 2026 ยท 5:00 AM
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Sustaining Service Journalism in the Bay Area

Across the United States, nearly 2.5 million people, more than the entire population of New Mexico, live on or near military bases. Over the past year, researchers at the Medill Local News Initiative have studied these communities and their local news access. The results have shown that the personnel stationed at these installations, along with their families and the wider population, are dramatically underserved by local news sources. Since 2005, newspapers in these areas have disappeared at a

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