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On May 3, 2009, the fate of the Boston Globe hung in the air. Explore community reactions and insider’s looks into the state of the newspaper industry and the future of journalism in this multimedia feature from AmherstWire.com.
When news hit the stands about the potential closing of the Boston Globe, industry insiders and academics expressed mixed feelings of what it would be like without this significant news entity that has existed since 1872.
The economic downturn has hit the newspaper industry hard, triggering a cascade of losses, bankruptcies and closures.
In the basement of the Boston Globe is a room with tall bookshelves; some are cramped with manila folders ready to burst with old newspaper clippings others are filled with history books and encyclopedias. In a sense, this space was the Internet before the Internet.
With the newspaper industry in a desperate search for a business model that pays, many critics have begun to brainstorm what the new face of media will be.
When walking through the Boston Commons, it’s not hard to find Boston Globe readers who cut across several generations. But, how do they get their news?
