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The state of journalism is changing. Just three years ago, I was a newspaper reporter at a great paper in Connecticut. I still love that paper and that life.
The Web has changed all that. Bloggers are digging, Google, Craig’s List and others are taking revenues away from newspapers. Those revenues keep newspapers afloat and pay mostly low salaried reporters. And now major advertisers are finding that they’ll get a better return on investment on the Web, rather than the daily newspaper.
Who will suffer? We’ll have to wait and see if local politics and government affairs continue to be covered. Is there a community of bloggers out there devoted to local news? Will local newspapers continue to serve a purpose?
The reality is, I’m not sure who is in control of this change — this evolution.
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