Things look rubbish for newspaper journalism right now.

Local newspapers are disappearing and the nationals are getting increasingly worried about their future.

With this is mind I’ve gathered some links to various insights on the state of print media:

There was a feature in the G2 by Stephen Moss earlier this month that raised some interesting issues about the future of the local press. He talked a great deal about the link between local newspapers and local democracy. Personally, I’m not sure if the local press is that integral to the delivery of democracy. What use is a voice when no one is listening any more? Was that voice clear and loud enough in the first place? Thoughts please!

Editor of Vogue, Alexandra Shulman expressed her views on the future of print media whilst speaking at the Fashion Business Club.Click here to watch the video.

A few questions popped into my head after watching this clip:

• Have newspapers killed themselves?
• Has the transfer from print to on-line been mismanaged?
• People are still buying Vogue inspite of comprehensive (and free) online content. Why? Is it a prestige issue (i.e. you want to ‘own’ Vogue as it says something about you as a person)? If so, how can newspapers tap into this and become desirable as objects?

An article was published on the BBC news website last week in which newspaper chiefs warned against the  ”death of journalism as we know it”. Newspaper bosses are calling for media merger laws to be updated to allow an ‘even playing field’ for newspapers when faced with competition for advertising revenue from on-line heavy weights such as Google and Yahoo.