Group Hopes To Resurrect Newspaper In Tsunami-Hit Tohoku Community
Posted: 9/19/2012 | By: The Japan Times Online
OTSUCHI, Iwate Pref. — A group of journalists and
volunteers are up against the challenge of developing a fledging news
outlet into a sustainable business in a town where the devastation from
last year's tsunami forced a decades-old local newspaper to cease
publication.
The group, based in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, is sending out news online via Facebook and Twitter, and printed 5,000 copies of the first issue of the free new monthly on Saturday.
The group, based in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, is sending out news online via Facebook and Twitter, and printed 5,000 copies of the first issue of the free new monthly on Saturday.