The new Pew report referenced right at the top is worth reading on its own as well, lots of interesting info in there: For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community...
To give you an idea of how things are changing... instead of having local reporters get sports scores or give recaps of games, that is being offshored to folks in other countries who work very...
To give you an idea of how things are changing... instead of having local reporters get sports scores or give recaps of games, that is being offshored to folks in other countries who work very cheap. They just call the local bowling alley (from a thousand miles away) and get the scores and winners. I unfortunately can't find the source for that as I read it some time ago.
In a previous world, perhaps one could imagine that a million bloggers would spring up to fill the void left by all the actual reporting jobs disappearing, but that clearly did not and is not going to happen.
Yeah, citizen journalism is great but isn't seen at a rate locally that can realistically replace the local paper. What I've seen doing seemingly well are "good news newspapers" that are hyper local ad sheets with a bit of PR and news thrown in. But not a good replacement for an actual newspaper that tries to keep local power in check.
The new Pew report referenced right at the top is worth reading on its own as well, lots of interesting info in there: For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community Connection
To give you an idea of how things are changing... instead of having local reporters get sports scores or give recaps of games, that is being offshored to folks in other countries who work very cheap. They just call the local bowling alley (from a thousand miles away) and get the scores and winners. I unfortunately can't find the source for that as I read it some time ago.
Yeah, citizen journalism is great but isn't seen at a rate locally that can realistically replace the local paper. What I've seen doing seemingly well are "good news newspapers" that are hyper local ad sheets with a bit of PR and news thrown in. But not a good replacement for an actual newspaper that tries to keep local power in check.
On a side note, I ran across this recent fact sheet from Pew Research Center that provides some numbers around local broadcast stations: https://www.journalism.org/fact-sheet/local-tv-news/