Local Newspapers: Their Future and Filling the Void

More than 2,500 local newspapers in the U.S. have closed since 2005, and the closures are continuing at a rate of about two per week, while many of the remaining papers have had their newsrooms gutted by corporate owners. Andover resident Dave Copeland will discuss what this means for the communities and independent efforts like his to fill the void with online news sites like Andover News.

Copeland is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of covering business, technology, local news and a wide range of topics. He has been a staff writer and editor for Patch Media, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and the Dow Jones News Service, and his work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and other national publications.