The Indiependent

The Indiependent is an online platform that was born in July 2014. It came into being because I felt that many sites have walls, between the producers and the consumers of the articles contained within. I dont like that sense of separation, with the elitism that surrounds popular music review sites especially. I think the best type of journalism is that which is written by people who genuinely love or loathe what theyre writing about. If you dont feel inspired to write a feature or you merely have dollar signs in your eyes, then you shouldnt really be a journalist. Journalism is a really potent, powerful tool that has the power to captivate and in turn, inspire hundreds of thousands of people. The power of social media is phenomenal and we live in an age where its so so easy to access that power. My aim was to create a digital platform for fans of all ages to write about what they know, what they love and in some cases what they hate. In turn their thoughts, feelings and views...