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NEWS DESERT IN PORTUGAL 2021
The mapping of Portuguese news desert was made by Giovanni Ramos, a researcher at Re/media.Lab, project of Labcom/University of Beira Interior.
The first mapping was made in September 2020, when 57 cities in news desert were found in Portugal. In September 2021, an update found 61 cities in news desert.
Last year, 61 Portuguese cities did not have any local radio or newspaper registered in ERC (Communication Regulatory). Most cities in a news desert are far from the coast, in small communities with low population and economic activity.
Methodology
The map was created from two ERC listings: the first with local newspapers (press and digital) and the second with local radio stations. At the end, the list of cities with newspapers or radios was compared with the list of 308 cities in Portugal.
In this research, is important to observe:
Some corrections on the 3 topics were made in the mapping process.
Variations compared to the 2020 study
Cities in the News Desert
⦁ Alandroal (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Alfândega da Fé (Bragança – Norte)
⦁ Alijó (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Almodôvar (Beja – Alentejo)
⦁ Alvito (Beja – Alentejo)
⦁ Arraiolos (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Avis (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Barrancos (Beja – Alentejo)
⦁ Bombarral (Leiria – Centro)
⦁ Calheta (Açores)
⦁ Campo Maior (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Carregal do Sal (Viseu – Centro)
⦁ Castanheira de Pera (Leiria – Centro)
⦁ Castro Marim (Faro – Algarve)
⦁ Chamusca (Santarém – Alentejo)
⦁ Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra – Centro)
⦁ Constância (Santarém – Centro)
⦁ Corvo (Açores)
⦁ Cuba (Beja – Alentejo)
⦁ Figueiró dos Vinhos (Leiria – Centro)
⦁ Freixo de Espada à Cinta (Bragança – Norte)
⦁ Fronteira (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Gavião (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Lajes das Flores (Açores)
⦁ Marvão (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Mesão Frio (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Mogadouro (Bragança – Norte)
⦁ Moita (Setúbal – AM Lisboa)
⦁ Mondim de Basto (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Monforte (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Mora (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Mortágua (Viseu – Centro)
⦁ Murça (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Nisa (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Nordeste (Açores)
⦁ Oliveira de Frades (Viseu – Centro)
⦁ Ourique (Beja – Alentejo)
⦁ Pedrógão Grande (Leiria – Centro)
⦁ Penedono (Viseu – Norte)
⦁ Penela (Coimbra – Centro)
⦁ Ponta do Sol (Madeira)
⦁ Portel (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Povoação (Açores)
⦁ Redondo (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Ribeira Brava (Madeira)
⦁ Ribeira de Pena (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Sabrosa (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Santa Cruz (Madeira)
⦁ Santa Marta de Penaguião (Vila Real – Norte)
⦁ Santana (Madeira)
⦁ Sernancelhe (Viseu – Norte)
⦁ Sobral de Monte Agraço (Lisboa – Centro)
⦁ Sousel (Portalegre – Alentejo)
⦁ Tabuaço (Viseu – Norte)
⦁ Terras de Bouro (Braga – Norte)
⦁ Trancoso (Guarda – Centro)
⦁ Viana do Alentejo (Évora – Alentejo)
⦁ Vila do Bispo (Faro – Algarve)
⦁ Vila Flor (Bragança – Norte)
⦁ Vila Velha de Ródão (Castelo Branco – Centro)
⦁ Vimioso (Bragança – Norte)