Over the past couple of years, Hutchins and the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) of which Ark Valley Voice is a part, developed the Colorado News Mapping Project. It shows where people say they get their news and information in all 64 counties of the state. When you follow the link above and click on Chaffee County, you’ll see something interesting.
It lists a total of 10 news sources for Chaffee County (six radio stations, two print newspapers, one magazine which appears now to be owned by a publisher in Custer County, and one online/digital news source — AVV). When you scroll down the page, to check the county reach of these news-producing medias – Ark Valley Voice is at the top of the list. The reach number is frankly lower than our recent stats and in all honesty, the local radio stations don’t report their reach at all.
What we’re explaining to readers is that over time, distribution methods change — and they will continue to change. But the journalistic process of gathering news, demanding transparency from our government, getting to the bottom of strange or threatening situations, asking tough questions, reporting the facts — seeking truth and reporting it — this does not change, nor do professional journalistic standards of ethics.
But here is where citizens need to become careful consumers of information. Talking head pod-casters and blogasphere pundits, social media rumors and purposefully-placed disinformation is not real news. It is opinion, innuendo and purposeful marketing of a point of view, not the truth. The highest and primary obligation of journalism is to serve the public, giving truth — a voice.
Editor’s note: In order for this digital distribution transformation to continue – rural areas need basic, reliable broadband — which frankly – – we do not yet have in section of Chaffee County, let alone the eastern plains. We’re not talking 5G upgrades to neighborhoods that already have broadband — we’re talking basic broadband. Not to focus on connecting the entire county to broadband is to deny information to a segment of the population that desperately needs good information and 21st century technology.
Source link : http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=66bbd93f27244f7da471ccf466369c9a&url=https%3A%2F%2Farkvalleyvoice.com%2Fcolorado-journalism-environment-looses-five-more-news-organizations%2F&c=9637928512019968200&mkt=en-us
Author :
Publish date : 2024-08-13 10:30:00
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
