Comments on: Would You Pay A Journalist To Report The News You Want To Read?

By: idio

idio — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:57:39 +0000

Crowdfunding journalism…

Everyone is weighing in on whats wrong with the publishing business model. Several potential solutions are being proposed, but all of them require a significant cutting of content-creation costs – especially investigative journalism. And yet ever…

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By: George Bright

George Bright — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:42:52 +0000

What a great idea! The next time Chevron Texaco wants a reporter to write about how unfairly they’ve been treated for polluting the Amazon they can just name their price on GFM!

On a less cynical side, though – part of the purpose of the news is to discover things you -don’t- already know about. I can see some appeal to “tell me more” for a price but for the most part I look to journalism to find out about what I don’t yet know – relying on editors and producers to bird-dog the stories for me.

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KillerStartups.com - GlobalFM.com - Community Funded Reporting — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:49:20 +0000

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By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:40:01 +0000

One other point I’d like to raise is that journalists in the GRN/GFM network are also suggesting story ideas…issues that they feel need further coverage or that won’t ever see the light of day within traditional media as advertising won’t pay for it.

This way we hope to push the flow of information forward….

As digidave says, it’s an experiment and I believe an important one at that. The combination of pro reporters and UGC could be explosive both on the global but also local stage.
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By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 13 May 2009 10:13:26 +0000

This way we hope to push the flow of information forward….

As digidave says, it’s an experiment and I believe an important one at that. The combination of pro reporters and UGC could be explosive both on the global but also local stage.

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Links on 13_May_09 « The Centre for Investigative Journalism News Blog — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:27:49 +0000

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By: so what

so what — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:02:36 +0000

new idea doesn’t mean good idea.

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free online games for kids — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:06:25 +0000

“News is old things happening to new people.” – Malcolm Muggeridge

Probably to put it in another way, “new news is old news happening to new people.” I’m not sure we’d actually be able to highlight issues that hadn’t already been highlighted. Most of us probably won’t be aware of a piece of news until it’s broken by existing news journalists. I think that’s what news journalists should be providing as well – news that matters to people, and they are probably the ones who know best what the public needs to know.

It’s not a bad idea though, if the intention of it is to have the man on the street have a space to voice his opinions, but we probably already have newspaper forums to do that.

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:01:05 +0000

For comparison, Consumer Reports is a for-profit operation. The similarities and differences are interesting to look at from the perspective of the various actors. Spot.us looks like an iteration on craigslist.org in many ways, and that’s a good thing.

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:46:15 +0000

P.S. Your site hurts my eyes. Your logo looks like Drupal’s. And, when I go to a news site, I want to see news, not a sign-up pitch.

By: Colin Henderson

Colin Henderson — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:40:11 +0000

@Mungo .. there is an essential point in what you say First off, while news gets broken in many ways, which one do you trust. If there were no TV or Newspaper journalism, would you you be satisdied to live of news only on Twitter?

Second is context. News breaking is a set of facts. Then there is the framework surrounding the news item. For example “X number of civilians are killed in Sri Lanka bombing”. Is that all you want to know? That is all you will get from Twitter.

By: I am a nobody

I am a nobody — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:29:50 +0000

We do pay for free news, it is called the cable bill.

Unless, I am the only stupid person in the world to pay for TV channels on cable.

By: coldbrew

coldbrew — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:21:56 +0000

I think Kincaid’s take and your own are both valid. I like what Spot.us (never heard of them) is doing too, by focusing so narrowly on Bay Area related content first (the non-profit status is a differentiator).

I’m guessing the complete disruption of the media/ news industry b/c of hyper-connectivity will just make things more efficient. Lots of carnage on the way followed by lots of iterations on ways to replace it. So I hope all the companies filling the void are pushing releases bimonthly, getting feedback and testing.

In the end, The Borg is operated for free (not sure about bias

Keep going.

By: Mungo

Mungo — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:43:49 +0000

My issue is that the majority of the public only knows about a story once it has been broken by a journo in the first place.
Sure, there is an enlightened few, but the types of leads they would provide would surely be a bit general – suggesting to “investigate curruption in Washington” isn’t going to work.
One other point that should be noted is that the BIG stories that are broken usually take weeks/months to investigate. Sometimes they are squashed by legal pressure etc. I guess another question is “are you willing to pay a journo enough to live for a few months, without the guarantee of a story ever seeing the light of day?”

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 13 May 2009 00:05:29 +0000

Don’t I do that when I buy a newspaper which favours the type of stories that I like to read?

By: James

James — Tue, 12 May 2009 23:16:51 +0000

Jim, I don’t think news is going away at all. I hardly think newspapers will totally disappear and we end up with state-sponsored news. Blog world will still be there, which is same as news. Some of the big news companies like NYTimes, wash post and others will have serious money problems, but they will shrink and adept and still produce news. If they have like 5,000 writers now, they can go to 100-200 writers and still function. Trust me news isn’t going anywhere. They will change according to the revenue they generate if they are smart enough to run ads on their websites. I think most of them are running now. They will still bring in revenues by ads just like google, but the scale of the newspaper will shrink and come back. Currently we are in a tough economic environment that is hurting the newspapers even more. It will pick up. We won’t be in the dark ages for sure.

By: David Cohn

David Cohn — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:31:00 +0000

I think you are right – we are in violent agreement. Keep on keeping on!

Part of why I started Spot.Us was to see if there was a way to fund real enterprise reporting without adverts.

By: Colin Henderson

Colin Henderson — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:29:13 +0000

@digidave hmmm we might be in violent agreement. The ad model is broken, and I was just ranting about that earlier actually here

http://www.read...ad_blocking.php

I pay for valued interpretation of information, not ad based news. Everyone rants about the demise of newspapers ..not so. Demise of ad basd newspapers. Raw information as you suggest is essentially free.

By: David Cohn

David Cohn — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:23:09 +0000

@Colin

This is the problem that newspapers face, however – a lack of understanding the business model.

Actually – you have probably never really paid for reporting. The money you spend subscribing to a newspaper doesn’t even cover the cost of deliver. Subscriptions have always been a loss leader.

The way newspapers made money was advertising. Always has been.

That model has fallen apart because content has been disaggregated online. That means advertising won’t pay for reporters.

But – if you lower the cost of delivery then the money collected should go directly to reporting. It is still a squeeze – but potentially covers the cost of reporting – hence GlobalFM and Spot.Us.

By: Colin Henderson

Colin Henderson — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:09:14 +0000

This is a fabulous idea, but it has been done. It is called newspapers or should I say ‘quality newspapers’. I pay for news that I value .. turns out there are reporters in those that I value, but the real value lies in knowing those news sources will always be there for me.