Local News Comeback

Local News Comeback

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 6, Episode 283 , Segment 1

Local News Comeback, Career Choice, Purposeful Parenting

Episode: Local News Comeback, Career Choice, Purposeful Parenting

  • Nov 28, 2017 5:00 pm
  • 47:46 mins

Damian Radcliffe is a Professor of Journalism at the University of Oregon, a fellow of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, an honorary research fellow at Cardiff University’s School of Journalism, Media and Culture Studies, and a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). Financial problems, criticism from the White House and lower job availabilities has left journalist with nothing more than a stronger resolve to do their chosen vocation.  However, although both national and local journalism is facing the same problems, the local news might be on the very verge of a renaissance. Damian Radcliffe what has caused the fall and now signs of a comeback in local media.