A Modest Proposal, Part Two (for the Jurnos on the Sidewalk)

Posted on February 27, 2009 by jestevens

The Rocky Mountain News published for the last time today. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is next, with its last day likely to be sometime early in March. The Hearst Corporation is threatening closure of the San Francisco Chronicle if it can’t shrink that news organization to zombie status. (Definition of a zombie newspaper: a skeleton staff [...]

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A Modest Proposal for the Seattle Times

Posted on February 24, 2009 by jestevens

In a couple of weeks, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is due to stop publishing its print edition. In the spirit of prodding journalists to move on with life, and concentrate on re-energizing journalism in our communities, here’s some unsolicited advice for the Seattle Times. This could be an opportunity for the news organization to take its [...]

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In Webworld, How Do You Charge Money for a Flight 1549 Story?

Posted on February 10, 2009 by jestevens

Over the last couple of weeks, several articles have appeared about how to pay for journalism, mostly journalism in legacy media, mostly metropolitan newspapers. In Time Magazine, Walter Isaacson suggested micropayments were the answer. Steven Brill offered the New York Times a solution involving micropayments. David Swensen, Yale University’s chief investment officer, and Michael Schmidt, [...]

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