Many years the difference between media and other types of educational sources might hat have been more clear than it is now. At this point media is perhaps best expressed, at least in the context of the community context as a series of modalities that can be generally utilized at the local and regional level. Also the category has a clear "current events" overtone. However linking current events to other sections of the site and other links that provide context for the current event in question will also be an aim
Some kind of distinction must also be made between a local, grassroots style of local or regional media, and assessments of critiques of the mainstream media, or even the mainstream alternative media if you will
Another question facing a local grassroots media which strives for some semblance of the legitimacy of the mainstream is the credentialing of journalists. In other words, if a local media were to develop in a community how to credential journalists and other perhaps also developing credentials for other sorts of local news reporting that may be a different qualification from the classic sense of journalist
Some kind of distinction must also be made between a local, grassroots style of local or regional media, and assessments of critiques of the mainstream media, or even the mainstream alternative media if you will
Another question facing a local grassroots media which strives for some semblance of the legitimacy of the mainstream is the credentialing of journalists. In other words, if a local media were to develop in a community how to credential journalists and other perhaps also developing credentials for other sorts of local news reporting that may be a different qualification from the classic sense of journalist