WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The coronavirus situation has led to a spike in attention to news. Although attention to national and international news has fallen back to pre-coronavirus levels in recent weeks, attention to local news, though also down, remains higher than before COVID-19.
Additionally, more Americans consider themselves to be "very informed" about local issues than did so last year.Americans acknowledge the importance of local news in a time of crisis and are generally positive about the way it has handled the coronavirus situation.
However, other than a modest increase in confidence in local news as well as other local institutions, their attitudes about the importance of the ways local news performs its basic roles and covers