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Re-order Paragraphs

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Re-order Paragraphs

Arrange the sentences into the correct order.

Put the sentences in the correct order:

  1. Without a dedicated local outlet, many communities now have no consistent way of learning what their own town officials are actually doing.
  2. This financial pressure has forced hundreds of small newspapers to shut down entirely over the past two decades.
  3. As advertising revenue shrank, many local papers could no longer afford the reporters needed to cover community events in depth.
  4. The rise of free online news and social media platforms, however, drew both readers and advertisers away from these printed publications.
  5. For much of the twentieth century, local newspapers served as the primary source of news about town council meetings, school events, and neighbourhood crime.