Tony Veltri is the best example of this. He’s editor, reporter and designer of the New Tecumseth Free Press Online.
He was first a writer for the Alliston Herald before he was fired for insubordination.
MAP OF NEW TECUMSETH, Ont., courtesy Google.
It was then the internet arrived.
“I had a flash about how great an idea it would be to publish a newspaper in every sense of the word except it would be online,” Veltri said.
Veltri launched his website then reporting council and school borad meetings, crime and court stories and other local news. He also started some investigative reporting.
“I'm a one man band really, going on a full 11 years which makes my site older than Google and the Time Warner AOL merger,” he said.
Veltri said his operation could never exist if it wasn’t for the world wide web.
“The internet is the great equalizer. Because a schlub like me working from home can compete mano a mano with the Metroland chain of newspapers and make a solid go of it. And it doesn't cost a fortune to do it,” Veltri said.
“The internet is the great equalizer. Because a schlub like me working from home can compete mano a mano with the Metroland chain of newspapers and make a solid go of it. And it doesn't cost a fortune to do it,” Veltri said.
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