New Media’s local lens
Despite the intriguing new models for hyper-local journalism manifesting in the Czech Republic, pointed to briefly here, The Urbanophile thinks there’s more to it. They take a “keep your eye on the ball” approach,
‘If you want to “think global, act local”, you first need to figure out what the global means to the local. What’s the implication? That mission isn’t being carried out in Chicago or most other cities – by either the old or the new media.’
If Internet sites are tied with invisible hawsers to the geography of our world, then anyone with a voice who appears to be floating in cyberspace is missing their megaphone, present party not excluded.
I guess I’ll have to do something about that. Suggestions for a rootless vagabond?