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Jean Daniel Madden, Jr

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Jean Daniel Madden, Jr. of Vero Beach, Florida, formerly of Warwick and Saunderstown, Rhode Island, husband of the late Mary Jane (Maetozo) Madden, son of the late Jean D. Madden, Sr. and Marie (Glenn) Madden and brother of the late M. Glenn Madden passed away peacefully in his home. He was the beloved father of Kathleen E. (Madden) Rainone (James) of Marco Island, FL and Narragansett, RI, David M. Madden (Jennifer) of Park City, UT and Bedford Corners, NY, and Prof. Thomas M. Madden, Esq. (Phoebe) of Redding, CT. He was the cherished grandfather of Nathan J. Rainone of Marco Island, FL, Madelein S. and Charlotte S. Madden of New York, NY, Philip D. Madden of Hamden, CT, Hope E. Madden of Somerville, MA, and J. Brendan Madden of Brooklyn, NY.

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Local News Deserts: What a Town Loses When Its Paper Dies

A local news desert is a community where no working newsroom regularly covers the town council, the school board, or the courts. The paper closes, the reporter leaves, and nobody sits in the third row of the budget hearing. What replaces that coverage is usually silence, or the government talking about itself. The costs are hard to see, which is part of the problem. Nothing explodes when a newsroom dies. Taxes get set, permits get issued, and the only account residents can check is the official one. This explainer sets out what the evidence and the incentive structure suggest happens next, and where the workarounds are working. Consider what functioning local coverage actually looks like.