Comments on: Podcast: Getting people to directly support journalism at MinnPost.com http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/09/podcast-getting-people-to-directly-support-journalism-at-minnpostcom/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Mon, 14 May 2012 12:11:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bill http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/09/podcast-getting-people-to-directly-support-journalism-at-minnpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-5488 Bill Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:03:04 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3925#comment-5488 How interesting, it certainly seems one of the largest challenges for journalism's move onto the internet is the question of how to fund it. In general the advertising model seems to be failing. Maybe all of this points away from for-profit journalism and towards something more like NPR's model. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the future of journalism at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69 which I have found very helpful concerning these matters. How interesting, it certainly seems one of the largest challenges for journalism’s move onto the internet is the question of how to fund it. In general the advertising model seems to be failing. Maybe all of this points away from for-profit journalism and towards something more like NPR’s model. There are some great interviews with top journalists about the future of journalism at http://www.ourblook.com/component/option,com_sectionex/Itemid,200076/id,8/view,category/#catid69 which I have found very helpful concerning these matters.

]]> By: MinnPost raises $13,190 in micro-sponsorship campaign | BeatBlogging.Org http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/09/podcast-getting-people-to-directly-support-journalism-at-minnpostcom/comment-page-1/#comment-5467 MinnPost raises $13,190 in micro-sponsorship campaign | BeatBlogging.Org Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:10:44 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3925#comment-5467 [...] I spoke with David Brauer on Monday he thought the MinnPost would probably finish with about $12,000 raised (it was in the $11,000s [...] [...] I spoke with David Brauer on Monday he thought the MinnPost would probably finish with about $12,000 raised (it was in the $11,000s [...]

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