Media & Democracy, Queens Edition

Citizen Journalism

With newspapers going out of business and print journalism perhaps becoming a thing of the past, on-line "citizen journalists" will do an adequate job of replacing professional print reporters.  What do you think?

Newspapers are Failing

If you are from a small town (name, location), do you have a daily/weekly local newspaper?  If so, what kind of news does it cover?  If not, where do you get local news about your town (city council, elections, local events, sports news, etc.)?

If you are from a larger city (name, location) with a daily metropolitan newspaper, what local news coverage would you miss the most if that paper were to shut down?  Why would this coverage be missed?