http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/10/minnpost-raises-13190-in-micro-sponsorship-campaign/ Pushing the practice of beat reporting Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/10/minnpost-raises-13190-in-micro-sponsorship-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-5502 Beatblogging.org: Not-for-profit MinnPost news site raises $13,190 in micro-donations | DAILYMAIL Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:21:10 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3971#comment-5502 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

]]> http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/10/minnpost-raises-13190-in-micro-sponsorship-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-5480 Ruth Ann Harnisch Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:08:59 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3971#comment-5480 As the matching funder, who has invested over a million dollars in exploring ways to provide high-quality, ethically gathered, widely distributed information (aka "journalism"), I'm delighted and disappointed. Delighted - this challenge grant was an experiment in aspiration that far exceeded the dour expectations of its nominal beneficiary. Disappointed - I am grateful to all who ponied up, AND I am disappointed that others in my circumstance - people who don't live in Minnesota and have no personal stake in the future of minnpost.com as a news source - didn't put this challenge grant over the top. Here's why: minnpost.com is one of the USA's leading exponents of the new model of reporting and disseminating local information. If the rest of us don't prop up these few bastions of "new media" that are delivering the goods, there will be no support system in place when OUR local outlets for information need support. I think it's our patriotic duty to support independent journalism, especially on a local level. So - if you're reading this, even if you didn't support the Braublog Challenge, please go to http://minnpost.com and do your patriotic duty to sustain this valuable public resource. As the matching funder, who has invested over a million dollars in exploring ways to provide high-quality, ethically gathered, widely distributed information (aka “journalism”), I’m delighted and disappointed.
Delighted – this challenge grant was an experiment in aspiration that far exceeded the dour expectations of its nominal beneficiary.
Disappointed – I am grateful to all who ponied up, AND I am disappointed that others in my circumstance – people who don’t live in Minnesota and have no personal stake in the future of minnpost.com as a news source – didn’t put this challenge grant over the top.
Here’s why: minnpost.com is one of the USA’s leading exponents of the new model of reporting and disseminating local information. If the rest of us don’t prop up these few bastions of “new media” that are delivering the goods, there will be no support system in place when OUR local outlets for information need support.
I think it’s our patriotic duty to support independent journalism, especially on a local level.
So – if you’re reading this, even if you didn’t support the Braublog Challenge, please go to http://minnpost.com and do your patriotic duty to sustain this valuable public resource.

]]> http://beatblogging.org/2009/06/10/minnpost-raises-13190-in-micro-sponsorship-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-5478 Beatblogging.org: Not-for-profit MinnPost news site raises $13,190 in micro-donations | Journalism.co.uk Editors' Blog Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:14:54 +0000 http://beatblogging.org/?p=3971#comment-5478 [...] Full post at this link… [...] [...] Full post at this link… [...]

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