According to John Garret, 2020 is the best year to start a local news organization. With many news companies struggling to survive, they have all started to “embrace the same survival strategies.” Due to this, there is an abundance of opportunity for risk-takers to stand out amongst the crowd of big companies start using the strategies. Garret believes we will not hear about these startups because they will be working behind the scenes in communities everywhere and 2020 will be the year they get to work.
Personally, I do think his prediction will be correct. Big news companies are not innovating or attracting new audiences. They are especially not popular among young people. Garret did not mention an age range, but believe these new startups will be founded by young people. In my opinion, the young generation is most likely to take action in changing the way news is reported because most of the big news companies do not target them as the core audience.
Work Cited
https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/12/its-the-best-time-in-a-century-to-start-a-local-news-organization/
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