The very nature of local journalism today is changing due to the rapid transformation of our media environment. This revolution is placing into question the future of local journalism as we have known it, because no business models have yet been developed to make it sustainable. The digital media environment undoubtedly represents considerable potential for inspiring new forms of local journalism, but we need to go beyond the notion that so-called citizen journalists will be able to replace trained professionals who adhere to codes of professional ethical conduct.
On May 17th, 2016. See this statement in context.