The Scottish Beacon: A collaborative approach to telling Scotland’s local stories

November 18, 2025
November 18, 2025 Joe Amditis

The Scottish Beacon: A collaborative approach to telling Scotland’s local stories

As someone who founded an independent, hyperlocal publication – Greater Govanhill magazine – I know how challenging it is to build and sustain local journalism on your own. The old commercial model no longer works: advertising budgets now flow to big tech platforms, people here aren’t used to paying for…

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Joe Amditis

Joe Amditis is the associate director of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University. He can be reached via email at [email protected] and on Twitter at @jsamditis.