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 NYTimes.com. And Poynter’s Bill Mitchell says the paper is even wondering about foundation support for its work (but for perspective, I suspect one could safely Full Story »
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Thoughtful post about new, innovative ways in which journalists, philanthropist and the public are starting to collaborate to produce better news coverage. By focusing on collaboration, Jeff Jarvis helps clarify the debate surrounding charitable contributions to support journalism. Insightful perspective on the rapidly evolving news ecosystem.
Nice way to re-frame the conversation re: the future of news. As usual, it is very Jarvis-centric, but that's not necessarily a ad thing. Would be interesting to draw comparisons to changes taking place in other industries for a more well-rounded perspective.
This raises many more questions than it attempts to answer, quite posssibly because no one knows the answers yet.
We should not minimize the editorial input that comes from knowing the slant of the reporter and the knowledge base of the reporter. Many inputs ... More »
In Jarvis' news ecosystem, the prey do all the work for no money so the benevolent predator can supply them with the tools they need -- exposure and money. It's the first stab at journobiology I've seen, and I think the nascent field needs to review 10th grade biology before it makes it into classrooms at Berkeley, Columbia, Northwestern, and Mizzou. The key rule of the food chain is that the predator can always dominate due to its self-imposed superiority over all lower creatures.
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