PRINTING REVOLUTION Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press.
How should we stay informed?
John Bradley
One of the very positive messages that emerged from the recent 7th Annual Local Ireland Media Awards (in which The Mayo News took the award for Best Supplement) was that regional and local newspapers have not yet suffered the kinds of decline that characterise US and UK local media. It was heartening to learn that most of the newspapers that our parent’s generation read are read and enjoyed by us.
But all is not well with the newspaper business, as it faces the daunting challenges posed by digital media. As we commune obsessively with social media on our mobile phones, there is a nagging fear that we may be the last generation to access news and information in a curated newspaper format. Such an outcome would not be good for communities or society as a…
