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Local newspapers can help reduce polarization with opinion pages that focus on local issues

  • Written by Johanna Dunaway, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
Local newspapers can help reduce polarization with opinion pages that focus on local issuesOpinion journalism can rile people up -- or it can bring them together.momentimages/Getty Images

If you’re confused about opinion journalism and what it is, you’re not alone. Many Americans are. But even so, the editorials, opinion columns and letters to the editor that fill the op-ed pages could help bridge political divides in the...

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