... Chicago News Cooperative are here to produce real journalism. The lofty rhetoric surrounding the launch of outfits ... visits a food pantry. Some of this is perfectly useful, but is it going to save journalism? Does a recitation of the Bulls' woes count ... problem is that yes, newspapers underwrite important, expensive journalism that in many cases falls through the cracks in the pageview-obsessed ...

... team of veteran journalists who have a vested interest in seeing journalism continue to persevere and survive—despite what may be happening ... historically, newspapers have been the breeding ground and backbone for journalism that protects our democracy. But the success of the Internet is challenging ... Whitehouse.gov on Drupal (2) Digital Journalism Camp: Reporters, bloggers, podcasters gather ...

... to fret about how it could be possible to ever fund the production of news, some are taking more positive looks at the space. Jay Rosen has listed out 18 different sources of subsidies for funding journalism (or journalism-like) work. Some of them are better than others, but it's a useful list to get you a thinking. Full disclosure: a part of our own business model is on the list. read more

Cross-posted from Free Press By Josh Stearns, November 20, 2009 Journalism students may be short on jobs, but they certainly aren’t lacking reading material about their industry. In the last twelve months, there have been a number of landmark essays on journalism written by academics and journalists. In addition, at least six major textbook-sized reports on the

... about Lou Dobbs leaving the network. The title of the article is "Dobbs and CNN were no longer in sync." What I like about this piece is how is describes the differences between Advocacy Journalism, where you are arguing a point, and straightforward non-biased news reporting where you are attempting to report as accurately and in as non-biased a way as possible. Lately I hear a lot ...

... curated unconference” hosted by Reuters Thomson in London, the value of Twitter in journalism was once again under scrutiny. The report in The Guardian suggests there was a deep-seated level of ... Twitter from the perspective of a professional journalist: Twitter is not an alternative to journalism. The role of the journalist changes from a gatekeeper of information to a gatewatcher. In case ...