At present some 10,000 community periodicals are published in the U.S. which report on regional news and function as a mouthpiece for local people. Often they are more valued in small communities than the leading national newspapers.
目前美國境內約有一萬家左右的社區性刊物，它們以報導地方新聞為職志，以服務鄉梓為榮耀，充分發揮為民耳目與喉舌的功能，因而贏得地方讀者的信賴，更有甚於所謂的權威性大報。