newspapers
Former Peak editor argues newspapers aren’t dead
EIC November 15, 2015Think the end is near for your local daily broadsheet? Do you believe the doom and gloom that newspapers will never be viable again, and that journalism is a risky profession given that the industry is disappearing? Former Peak editor-in-chief Marc Edge presents a compelling argument for why we need to relax and accept that newspapers are resilient and they’re here to stay in his book, Greatly Exaggerated: The Myth of the Death of Newspapers. Edge presents a meticulously researched account of the economic history of the newspaper, with a particular focus on the period surrounding the 2008 recession.…
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Student newspapers are underrated
EIC October 19, 2015While student press has suffered the same shrinking industry that larger newspapers have been plagued by over the last decade, I’d argue that now is the most important time for student news to be in circulation — not for the…
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