The crisis of local journalism in V4 countries and the specific role of municipal newspapers : a booklet summarising research in V4 countries

Abstract

You are holding a collection of papers on the crisis of local journalism, in which you will find conclusions from research and analysis of the state of regional journalism in individual countries and their comparison with each other. Thanks to the support from the Visegrad Fund, we were able to join forces, on behalf of the NGO Oživení, z.s, with Slovak Transparency International, the Polish Civic Network Watchdog and Hungarian Merték Media Monitor to examine the state of regional journalism, with a special focus on the position of municipal newspapers. The regional media level and its problems are neglected in all V4 countries. In each country we mapped out the relevant actors and their position in the regional media environment, analysed the main reasons why independent regional journalism is disappearing, and paid special attention to the media of cities and regions and their influence on the situation in the regions.