One Newspaper, Many Checkbooks

New York Times by Clark Hoyt | Jul. 19, 2009 (Opinion)

Lindsey Hoshan, a freelance journalist in Palo Alto, Calif., hopes to sell a multimedia slide show and maybe an article to The Times about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a mass of floating plastic trash caught in swirling currents in a stretch of ocean twice the size of Texas.

But first, she has to get there. To help finance a $10,000 reporting trip aboard a research vessel, Hoshaw has turned to Spot.Us, a Web site where reporters appeal for ... Full Story »

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 by Glenn LaBauve - Jul. 22, 2009

This may be the coming model for news gathering. Rather than expensive "send a reporter to cover that" to covering many stories by developing a cadre of local reporters that meet your standard who rent out to the highest bidder.

The largewt problem with this model is the lack of personal interaction with editors and other staff that provide valuable input that is best done in person.

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Alberto Ibargüen, the [John S. and James L. Knight] foundation’s president, said that unless traditional news organizations move from “I write and you read” to ... More »

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    Buzzmachine by Jeff Jarvis | Jul. 22, 2009 (Opinion)
    The New York Times has accepted free stories from ProPublica. It has endorsed a journalist getting help from the public via Spot.US to underwrite a story that might appear at ...
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