The internet both advanced and hurt journalism and local news. In today’s world – any news that doesn’t agree with our view on the world is immediately dismissed as ” fake news ” and has made any actual reliable source for information hard to come by.
With the downfall of print publications – and the massive growth of the billion dollar conglomerates likes Google and Facebook – not just news journalism suffered but so has the cohesive component of how a medium provided information to a community.
As a completely independent publication and news medium – there is no threat of corporate control over what news you read on this website
The AB Post is a new idea in an old industry. It’s goal is to bring back trusted news but also to provide a central hub for everything to do with the community – whether that be local meetings – events – open discussion or for a small business to reach the local residents of our trading area. All of these have been taken away from us and control given to the corporations that dominate the internet and how we communicate and access information.
For example it is near impossible for a small contractor or a new retail business in our community to reach local residents. Advertising on Facebook or Google is cost prohibitive and impossible for most most small businesses while at the same time – the local groups on Facebook have fragmented the audience to a point where reaching customers is difficult – not to mention navigating the various rules of each group.
The AB Post is designed to take all of that back. Our goal is to in this modern age turn back time to when the local newspaper was a trusted news source and had actual news in it. Back to a time when ideas like the Yellow Pages or Classifieds were of actual value – and affordable for a person to use. The idea is to take everything a community needs information and communication wise – and put it all in one spot.