The independent was founded in the 1990's and was nicknamed the indy broadsheet. Originally a printed paper , it printed it's last edition in march 2016 and now has moved to a completely digital platform. It covers top news stories to an Indy/ life section. It is really interesting the risk the paper has taken to move from the traditional method of papers being distributed to going fully online. This could have risked loosing a vast readership however it seems to have increased. It has catered for the technological advances that are constantly happening. The paper now can be accessed on phones and other devise on the go, rather than having to go to a shop and buy the paper. It also makes it easily available for young audiences and opens up to a whole new generation. Thus increasing it readership whilst informing a wider audience. It is a relatively young paper compared to others and this could be why is it more willing to take bigger leaps , however dose this signal the start of the death of the printed paper? The paper is also free to access online so where dose the funding come from?
In my opinion I really like the independent because it has much more potential for research a massive audience , and it keeping up to date with current developments and by doing so it stories will get around more compared to that a payed printed paper. They also write some really good and important stories and is good material if you are illustrating an article for them.
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