The Daily Iowan, a nonprofit student paper for the University of Iowa, has purchased two struggling weekly publications in an effort to combat news deserts in rural areas. Students will work alongside the existing staff to cover small communities in Iowa.
With hundreds of U.S. newspaper closings leaving legions with little access to local news, a college newspaper in Iowa has stepped up to buy two struggling weekly publications . The move by The Daily Iowa n, a nonprofit student paper for the University of Iowa , is believed to be a first, though other universities are stepping up to fill America's news void in different ways.
Students will work alongside the papers' existing one- or two-person reporting staffs and put themselves to work covering the small communities of Mount Vernon, Lisbon and Solon, Iowa. The weeklies' owner proposed the buyout to save the publications, which have a combined circulation of 1,900. OREGON WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FORCED TO SHUT DOWN AFTER ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT BY FORMER EMPLOYEE 'It’s a really great way to help the problem of news deserts in rural areas,' said Sabine Martin, executive editor of The Daily Iowan, who will copy edit stories for one of the paper
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