Media Ownership and Concentration: The Impact on Local Journalism

By: Robert Washburn | June 4, 2017

Port Hope resident and Professor Emeritus John Miller provides an insightful analysis of Northumberland Today at Is No Local News Bad News? conference in Toronto. Here is his presentation captured in tweets.

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