SubscribeA New Idea For Funding Online Journalism
I was going to start this article by telling you how I came up with this idea. But then I remembered some fundamentals I learned from my J-school professors: “Cut the crap,” and “Nobody cares about what you think, just tell them what they need to know,” and probably my favorite (I’m paraphrasing here) “This [...]
“Nothing beats free” meets “f*** you, pay me!”
There is a market for almost every product and service. There are companies that sell chocolate-covered bacon, real estate on the moon, and people who make a living by writing about shape-shifting lizards who secretly control the world. And you’re telling me that nobody can figure out a way to make people pay for the [...]
The future of investigative journalism?
The Huffington Post, backed by Atlantic Philanthropies, announced yesterday the creation of a $1.75 million fund for investigative journalism. The fund will be used to pay journalists to look into stories about the economy. The fund should be enough for a team of 10 full-time journalists and contributions by freelancers, according to Arianna Huffington. The [...]
New York Times cuts pay
The New York Times company announced today that pay will be cut by 5% for most employees and about 100 people will be laid off. If the union agrees to the cut, the newsroom staff might not face any lay offs. Here’s the story. Thinking about the horrible shape newspaper are in has me too [...]
The 10 most endangered newspapers
Here is a list of the 10 newspapers with the highest probability to either fold or go online-only by next year, according to Time.com. 1. The Philadelphia Daily News 2. The Minneapolis Star Tribune 3. The Miami Herald 4. The Detroit News 5. The Boston Globe 6. The San Francisco Chronicle 7. The Chicago Sun-Times [...]
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