Online Journalism Blog: The impact of newspaper closures on independent local journalism and access to local information
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 06:38 via Delicious/martinstabe
Alex Lockwood: "The problem for existing traditional newspapers is that it is not part of their business model to innovate ways for local people to engage directly with the democratic process. ... Other (and often better) ways to access information within local communities, including news and issues of local democracy, already exist. It was not a local newspaper that developed www.theyworkforyou.com" Read More...
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