For Monday, April 8, we decided to discuss “local journalism,” particularly in the Blue Hill Peninsula context.
John O. has provided some relevant links:
A House bill to grant tax credits to support local journalism: the Local Journalism Sustainability Act
The American Journalism Project (and description at UPenn’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy)
Local newspapers are dying. Here’s how we can save them (Editorial: LA Times)
How public policy can save local news (Opinion: Columbia Journalism Review)
Consider some local resources, such as:
The Ellsworth American
Penobscot Bay Press
The Quietside Journal