Major news media companies still serve as the dominant source of news, but the rise in Internet news media companies has encouraged the growth of a few alternate media outlets.
An example of alternate news media is the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism (also known as Newstapa in Korean), established in 2012 with funding from the Union of Media Workers as an online independent news media outlet specialising in investigative journalism. Ohmy News is another alternate online media outlet, where much of the news stories are sourced by the public and written by citizen reporters.
Still, there’s a general dearth of news media companies that represent minority groups in South Korea. The Women’s News is the only news outlet that focuses on gender issues and women’s rights. Since the first issue of a weekly periodical in 1988, The Women’s News now offers both a print newspaper and an online news website. BeMinor and Ablenews are alternative news outlets whose missions are to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities and to promote social inclusion. As Internet news outlets, these two are relatively new.
