LOCAL NEWS: Journalists tell MPs more funding is needed

By Perry Hoffman

"Citizen journalists" don't follow same high standards as pros, says RTDNAOTTAWA - The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) told the Heritage Committee Tuesday that there has to be a way to deliver more local news to communities, and one that doesn’t necessarily require the major broadcasters to fund the endeavour.Speaking at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, RTDNA president Ian Koenigsfest said regardless of whether it’s media concentration or a shrinking diversity of voices that have led to less local news in communities, it’s imperative that more be delivered to them.“Local news isn’t only about the...