Community newspapers definitely have a future
The Prince George Free Press closed in April, 2015, but there is a future for most community newspapers, which have a much better chance of survival than do small dailies. My former Black Press colleague Bill Phillips writes a perceptive and interesting blog from his home base of Prince George. Bill was editor of the Williams Lake Tribune (David Black's first newspaper) for many years and editorial director of what was once known as the Cariboo Press division of Black Press. He transferred to the Prince George Free Press in 2006 and edited that newspaper, which was sold to Bob Doull's Aberdeen Press about six years ago, until its closure in April, 2015. He wrote a great column about its closure, which can be found here . A native of Fernie (one of my favourite places in B.C.), he has been in the community newspaper business for 30 years. He started at the Fernie Free Press, which his father Lloyd once edited. In the light of all the negative journalism news over the past...