Backed Into a Corner: Structural Changes That Lead to Local News Deserts

On the surface, it may look like there are no news deserts in Czech Republic, but that does not mean all audiences able to get relevant local news. Apart from independent outlets, which diminishing, districts served by information provided either a delocalised publishing chain or municipality press promotes government. I will focus on emergence of perspective newspapers, especially structural changes lead declining number media outlets offer Czechia. Moreover, take bottom-up approach reflect journalists’ point view. The mixed-method research, was conducted 2019 and 2020, consisted survey newspaper owners in-depth interviews with journalists. identified several both newspapers general industry have led growing organisational economic problems for often their demise. Local is still carried depend traditional business model slow digital transition. Their survival based (non)cooperation ancillary organisations (printing office, distribution firm, sales outlet) other newspapers. Newspapers cornered demands external actors; stability depends self-sufficiency production.