Here’s an interesting piece on the importance local news ecosystem, what happens when it fails and proposals to strengthen it.
> “ INTRODUCTION
> You can’t get more local than Haida Gwaii, the remote archipelago off the coast of northern British Columbia with fewer than 5,000 people scattered among seven communities. When the newspaper covering those communities was gutted by its Black Press owner, a lot more than news disappeared.
> Few ran for local office; the entire council of one local village was acclaimed; a major report on the hazards of a possible tsunami went unreported.
> Even sports programs went unfilled because no one knew about them. In an area with little to no internet connectivity, there was simply no longer any way to, to tell residents what was going on.”
https://ppforum.ca/publications/local-news-canada/
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