Hot Topic - Local News

The common bonds of local media no longer enough - November 25, 2019
"We don't meet anymore"

Local newspapers closing or giving up print editions for the digital-only world is hardly a new story. Many have closed, restructured, reinvented or simply vaporized. The disappearances more recently raise a different warning.

Local Radio Interacts Quite Naturally - April 7, 2019
Media development groups and international organizations have long known that the medium of choice in Africa is radio. Of course, there are newspapers, television and, most recently, digital platforms. The spoken word on a continent of local languages by the thousands is the preferred means of communication and connection. Diversity on the African continent - linguistic, cultural and religious - is astounding.

Local News Ecology Dry And Barren Filled With Preditors - April 2, 2019
Observers of journalism and the news media are peering into past for solutions for the future. Local news has become a rallying cry for the salvation of the news media. Nostalgia plays a large part in this. Local newspapers and, not to forget, local radio stations remain an anchor in the memory hole.

It was another big week in fake news - November 19, 2018
beyond belief, no more

The term “fake news” now bridges definition, not to forget reality. The Washington Post (November 7) referred to its usage as “elastic” with US president Donald Trump, widely and often, complaining about any coverage insufficiently adoring. He feels abused.

National radio brands march on, ever closer to infinity - January 6, 2015
no juice

The onward march of network radio in the UK has trampled another local station. Global Radio, one of two giant UK radio operators, has acquired Liverpool station Juice FM. Owner UTV Media has been “reviewing” local radio assets, presumably to shield the company from losses attached to its recent launch of a television channel in Ireland.