The Demise of the Local Newspaper-Tom Groening and Jay Davis
At one time Belfast, population about 5,000, had three weekly newspapers, The Repblican Journal, The Waldo Independent and Village Soup. Anyone who wanted to understand what was happening in town read both The Republican Journal and The Waldo Independent every Thursday.Those days are over; access to local news is limited in communities all over the country. Why and how did that happen? What does it mean? Jay Davis, founding editor of the Waldo Independent and former editor of The Republican Journal and Tom Groening, twice editor of The Republican Journal, former editorial page editor of the Bangor Daily News and present editor of Working Waterfront, will consider those questions in this discussion.
This presentation is hosted by the Belfast Free Library and offered as a free community event in in anticipation of the 33rd Annual Camden Conference – “The Media Revolution: Changing the World”, February 21, 22, 23, 2020.
The mission of the Camden Conference is to foster informed discourse on world issues. For more information, please visit www.camdenconference.org or call 207-236-1034.
