Facebook Is Having Trouble Finding Worthwhile Reporting in News Deserts It Helped Create

by Eli SandersLocal news is in crisis, partly because of Facebook. Alexander Koerner / Getty Images
Facebook is not the only reason there's a local news crisis in America.But the rise of Facebook is definitely a major contributor to a massive die-off in community-rooted journalistic enterprises around the country that, according to the Associated Press, has left America's small towns and urban centers with 1,400 fewer newspapers over the last 15 years.Enter "Today In," Facebook's new-ish effort