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 Doug Greer - Jul. 20, 2009

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 partnerships and letting the public participate in shaping the news, “I think the world will pass them by.”

I really think that degree of public participation in journalism projects is directly proportional to the degree of success both journalistic success and financial success.