Comments on: Bill Baker: Is there a nonprofit future for American journalism? http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/12/bill-baker-is-there-a-nonprofit-future-for-american-journalism/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: New Media Business Watch | No Medium Spared http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/12/bill-baker-is-there-a-nonprofit-future-for-american-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-72676 New Media Business Watch | No Medium Spared Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:20:04 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=540#comment-72676 [...] Bill Baker: Is there a nonprofit future for American journalism? Edward J. Delaney, Nieman Journalism Lab, Dec. 2, 2008 [...]

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]]> By: Francis Ward http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/12/bill-baker-is-there-a-nonprofit-future-for-american-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-540 Francis Ward Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:09:06 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=540#comment-540 I'm thrilled that someone is researching the idea of funding journalism under the ownership and control of a non- profit organization dedicated to public service rather than profits and ratings. I believe this is the long - term future of public-service journalism (as opposed to celebrity entertainment journalism) that serves the basic needs of citizens in a democracy. I would like to be part of any future discussion of this process. Francis Ward, Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University I’m thrilled that someone is researching the idea of funding journalism under the ownership and control of a non- profit organization dedicated to public service rather than profits and ratings. I believe this is the long – term future of public-service journalism (as opposed to celebrity entertainment journalism) that serves the basic needs of citizens in a democracy. I would like to be part of any future discussion of this process.

Francis Ward, Newhouse School of Public Communications
Syracuse University

]]> By: Melissa Cornick http://www.niemanlab.org/2008/12/bill-baker-is-there-a-nonprofit-future-for-american-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Melissa Cornick Sat, 06 Dec 2008 05:08:55 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=540#comment-499 Did the founding fathers intend that Freedom of the Press was to be as profit driven as it is today? Did they intend that our very first amendment was to serve corporate masters and not the community? Perhaps the entire system has so grown awry that it will take a village to make journalism rise to respect again. First citizens need to learn to distinguish between "the news" which has so disappointed them and the true journalists who are caught between that rejection, and being forced to cover or become "the cult of celebrity" in contrast to the plight of ordinary citizens. Second, those citizens should include those financial benefactors who have an interest in this supporting this threatened profession. We are all in this together. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44dtUCMf2E This two part video is intended to test the combined efforts of citizen and professional journalism and is the first to give voice to regular people as part of an ongoing project about how quality of life declined for voters in Ohio. Journalism will recover when celebrity gets out of the way of real people, and when the ethics of journalism are recognized by ordinary people. The Founding Fathers studied 1500 works for 10 years to develop the Constitution. Could they have been so wrong that the role of journalism is the responsibility of citizens and not that of a privileged profession? Will we journalists become the dedicated and active citizens that the Founding Fathers wanted and can we join together to prevent this awful demise? Did the founding fathers intend that Freedom of the Press was to be as profit driven as it is today? Did they intend that our very first amendment was to serve corporate masters and not the community?

Perhaps the entire system has so grown awry that it will take a village to make journalism rise to respect again. First citizens need to learn to distinguish between “the news” which has so disappointed them and the true journalists who are caught between that rejection, and being forced to cover or become “the cult of celebrity” in contrast to the plight of ordinary citizens. Second, those citizens should include those financial benefactors who have an interest in this supporting this threatened profession. We are all in this together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y44dtUCMf2E

This two part video is intended to test the combined efforts of citizen and professional journalism and is the first to give voice to regular people as part of an ongoing project about how quality of life declined for voters in Ohio.

Journalism will recover when celebrity gets out of the way of real people, and when the ethics of journalism are recognized by ordinary people.

The Founding Fathers studied 1500 works for 10 years to develop the Constitution. Could they have been so wrong that the role of journalism is the responsibility of citizens and not that of a privileged profession? Will we journalists become the dedicated and active citizens that the Founding Fathers wanted and can we join together to prevent this awful demise?

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