Models of local journalism and strategies against the crisis: the case of the News & Observer / Modelos de periodismo local y estrategias ante la crisis: el caso del News & Observer

In the global crisis of the traditional press, some regional and local newspapers have been able to survive and get stronger thanks to adequate strategies that have been planned during the past few years and that now are beginning to bear fruit. This paper aims at analysing one of these models, expl...

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Main Author: Dr. José Luis González Esteban, jose.gonzalez@umh.es
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de La Laguna 2009-01-01
Series:Revista Latina de Comunicación Social
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Online Access:http://www.revistalatinacs.org/09/art/14_813_11_MH/JL_Gonzalez_Esteban.html
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Summary:In the global crisis of the traditional press, some regional and local newspapers have been able to survive and get stronger thanks to adequate strategies that have been planned during the past few years and that now are beginning to bear fruit. This paper aims at analysing one of these models, exploring the keys of a particular case such as the North American newspaper The News & Observer, in North Carolina. This newspaper, that belongs to the McClatchy group, has gone for a hybrid paper-online model, with meticulous spaces for citizen participation, and for a hyperlocal press with a character all of its own. A comparative analysis of that model with the Spanish daily newspaper Información is also carried out. This newspaper is published in Alicante and belongs to the Prensa Ibérica group En la actual crisis global de la prensa tradicional, algunos periódicos regionales y locales han sobrevivido y salido fortalecidos gracias a estrategias adecuadas que se han planificado durante los últimos años y que ahora están dando sus frutos. Este trabajo de investigación pretende avanzar en uno de esos modelos, descifrando las claves de un caso concreto como es el periódico norteamericano News & Observer, en el estado de Carolina del Norte. Este diario del grupo McClatchy ha apostado por un modelo híbrido papel-online, por cuidados espacios de participación ciudadana y por una prensa hiperlocal, dotada de personalidad propia. De igual modo, la investigación pretende realizar un análisis comparativo de aquel modelo respecto a un caso español, el del diario Información, en Alicante, dentro del grupo Prensa Ibérica.
ISSN:1138-5820