(Blog Post) If you think life would be sweet if the profit-oriented corporations running newspapers were replaced by wealthy, civic-minded people operating them in the public interest, consider the case of the Berkeley Daily Planet. Then, think again. Full Story »
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An interesting — and somewhat disheartening — look at what happened when the owners of the Berkeley Daily Planet asked their readers to donate money.
I suppose Mutter wants us to come away from this story with the idea that in these tough times ineptness can be deadly for a newspaper. Fair enough. Surprising, though -- and disingenuous -- that the only "alternative" he mentions is charging for print copies. No discussion of going online only, but of course this is the irony we're (intentionally) left with in Mutter's piece.
If Only. With a world that is investigating everybody for everything, it's kind of hearting to come across some people who just want a better world. Keep this story handy, you won't read many more like it.
With this local paper going out of business, Whats going to happen to the big boys. If you're in college and majoring in journalism, you might want ... More »
Highlights the challenges to saving a local news organ, even when profit isn't an issue and the community is engaged.
Interesting perspective on why one way to solve the problem that seems to be on so many minds these days (the future of print journalism) might not work. I appreciated it.
An interesting story about a small local paper, but I'm not sure it really addresses the question it poses in the opening paragraph.
Captures the current crisis in print journalism from the ground-level. I wish it compared the newspaper to others, and/or to other print fiscal successes out there (if any!)
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