Bad news at Fairfax and The Independent, but quality journalism will roll on
- Written by The Conversation Contributor
It’s been a week for sad news about the traditional media messengers, the so-called Fourth Estate.
First news that the British paper, The Independent, will cease publishing as a print product. Second, we read about a 2013 Bain & Co report commissioned by Fairfax that meticulously sets out how to kill off its newspapers and quality...