Mildred, 37, is a coordinator for Sunnex, a news exchange among provincial newspapers. Its website is a leading source of provincial and community news. She wants to study the demands and impact of multi-media news. “The journalist’s task in this changing world is what it has always been: to persuade the reader, or the viewer, or the listener that we are worth paying for, that we are worth trusting,” she says.

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