Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Community Funded Reporting

An interesting twist on the nonprofit media idea: let citizens directly fund reporting on issues they want to see covered.

Monday, February 2, 2009

National Journalism Fund

This Boston Globe columnist calls for a national journalism fund, an intriguing idea. But why does the author include only on-line efforts? Paper and ink are still extremely relevant in low-income communities where Internet access is sparse at best.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Newspapers on Computers a la 1981

Take a look.

Berkeley Daily Planet

The Berkeley Daily Planet mulls the idea of Community Supported Journalism on the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) model.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

After the Jump: What Those Former Journalists Are Up to Now

AJR takes a look at what all those former journalists have been doing and how they feel about it.