{
  "id": 7855331,
  "title": "Loneliness and local news: How 'news deserts' increase isolation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/loneliness-and-local-news-how-news-deserts-increase-isolation",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-16T19:20:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-loneliness-local-news-isolation.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "As local news organizations continue to disappear across the United States, George Washington University researchers are linking shrinking access to community-based journalism to stronger feelings of isolation and loneliness.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}