http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2009/04/16/hastening-the-demise-of-community-newspapers/ ... about neighbors, community and Front Porch Forum Thu, 03 May 2012 18:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blog.frontporchforum.com/2009/04/16/hastening-the-demise-of-community-newspapers/#comment-613981 Eric Newton Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:16:24 +0000 http://frontporchforum.com/blog/?p=861#comment-613981 Knight Foundation recognizes and supports many projects helping all forms of journalism survive and thrive in the 21st century. Many of our grants create open source software than anyone, including existing community newspapers, can use. Many of our projects, such as free onling training of both journalists and citizen journalists through newsu.org and kcnn.org, also can be of great help to existing community newspapers. The internet is providing an extraordinarily compeititve platform for local news. Today, a library, a university, a public radio station, a public television station, commercial broadcasters and publishers, nonprofits of many types and citizen volunteers all are participating in the digital revolution and providing one type of local news and information or another. It is difficult so early in this new digital age to know what the emergent providers of high quality news and information will be in the 21st century. There will likely be an even greater variety of information providers in the 21st century than there are today. That's been the trend for several centuries. Knight Foundation recognizes and supports many projects helping all forms of journalism survive and thrive in the 21st century. Many of our grants create open source software than anyone, including existing community newspapers, can use. Many of our projects, such as free onling training of both journalists and citizen journalists through newsu.org and kcnn.org, also can be of great help to existing community newspapers. The internet is providing an extraordinarily compeititve platform for local news. Today, a library, a university, a public radio station, a public television station, commercial broadcasters and publishers, nonprofits of many types and citizen volunteers all are participating in the digital revolution and providing one type of local news and information or another. It is difficult so early in this new digital age to know what the emergent providers of high quality news and information will be in the 21st century.
There will likely be an even greater variety of information providers in the 21st century than there are today. That’s been the trend for several centuries.

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