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There is a positive trend of independent journalism on Youtube. Some of the my favorite stories were presented and investigated by a single person, Coffeezilla.

asdfman123 3y ago
Is there a YouTube channel that goes into depth about your hometown’s city council meetings, school district, etc?
- heavyset_go 3y ago
  In my area there isn't, but there are a handful of "independent journalists" who have been harassing the school district and teachers to expose them for being "woke". They've got a lot of clout and use their platforms to direct their audiences to attack anyone that criticizes them and the locals that do things they don't like. It's surreal. That's not the kind of journalism that's constructive or informative, but it isn't boring like reading board meeting minutes in a local news article.
- knaik94 3y ago
  My local news didn't cover those things either. But I did find that my high school athletics department made a youtube channel, and they have short interviews with coaches, specific games, and season highlights for certain sports. Another channel has been making highlight cuts for various high school sports. My county has a decent youtube channel that covers holidays, events, mail-in ballot instructions/voting information, and a short video about the "state of the county" executive summary. It links back to the county website. I found out the local historical society has been uploading documentaries online, about things like the constuction of the middle school. I found hour+ interviews/videos about people, who towns, roads and schools, were named after. Right now a lot of journalism adjacent local reporting is buzzfeed style "list" videos where my town or county is mentioned. I am not sure where that falls, because it can highlight unique things about a place, but arguably not newsworthy. I don't think the incentives will ever there to cover local news in the way you are describing. On the other hand government twitter accounts have been genuinely useful for finding local events, my local news never did that for me.

asdfman123 3y ago

Is there a YouTube channel that goes into depth about your hometown’s city council meetings, school district, etc?

heavyset_go 3y ago
In my area there isn't, but there are a handful of "independent journalists" who have been harassing the school district and teachers to expose them for being "woke". They've got a lot of clout and use their platforms to direct their audiences to attack anyone that criticizes them and the locals that do things they don't like. It's surreal. That's not the kind of journalism that's constructive or informative, but it isn't boring like reading board meeting minutes in a local news article.
knaik94 3y ago
My local news didn't cover those things either. But I did find that my high school athletics department made a youtube channel, and they have short interviews with coaches, specific games, and season highlights for certain sports. Another channel has been making highlight cuts for various high school sports. My county has a decent youtube channel that covers holidays, events, mail-in ballot instructions/voting information, and a short video about the "state of the county" executive summary. It links back to the county website. I found out the local historical society has been uploading documentaries online, about things like the constuction of the middle school. I found hour+ interviews/videos about people, who towns, roads and schools, were named after. Right now a lot of journalism adjacent local reporting is buzzfeed style "list" videos where my town or county is mentioned. I am not sure where that falls, because it can highlight unique things about a place, but arguably not newsworthy. I don't think the incentives will ever there to cover local news in the way you are describing. On the other hand government twitter accounts have been genuinely useful for finding local events, my local news never did that for me.