The article talks about Charlie Arlinghaus, a columnist with the New Hampshire Union Leader who argues that users of social media such as Twitter aren't gatherer of news. He argues that although many people do get their stories from people sharing links, the actual reporting of the news still has to be done by a journalist which is then put online. Essentially, it's looking at the perspective that to the audience, they're getting their news from Twitter but really Twitter is the distributor.
- A newspaper serving a small community in the US state of New Hampshire ceased publication after 90 years.
- The Citizen was a paid-for title based in Laconia
- It was shut down due to a rise in publication and production costs. Its publishers attempted to sell it but it was not bought therefore shut down.
- It was one of two local daily papers, so people will still able to use the freely distributed Laconia Daily Sun
Personally, I agree with both Greenslade and Arlinghaus, due to the fact that social media users do not find or create news, but rather react to it. This also means that the decline in newspapers goes to show that journalists are losing their jobs. Journalists are one of the biggest sources of investigative journalism and essentially have the power to hold governments to account should they be acting against the interests of the people. This means that a fall in numbers of journalists and news gatherers will mean a direct hit for democracy.
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