Comments on: Tell us more, Paul http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/12/tell-us-more-paul/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:12:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Greg Fowler http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/12/tell-us-more-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-60703 Greg Fowler Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:15:35 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=11277#comment-60703 And here I thought that I was piloting a flagship at <a href="http://frommybottomstep.com" rel="nofollow">FMBS</a>. Maybe that's because I choose to ignore what the "experts" have to say and just plod along as best I can with virtually no resources but an abundance of faith in the increasingly empowering "creative commons" that the Internet has provided us commoners with. And here I thought that I was piloting a flagship at FMBS. Maybe that’s because I choose to ignore what the “experts” have to say and just plod along as best I can with virtually no resources but an abundance of faith in the increasingly empowering “creative commons” that the Internet has provided us commoners with.

]]> By: Jonathan Stray » What is the Right Number of Journalists? http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/12/tell-us-more-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-60234 Jonathan Stray » What is the Right Number of Journalists? Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:35:29 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=11277#comment-60234 [...] am not arguing that newspapers need to be run as non-profits or government subsidized, as some people have (and it’s worth noting that the world-wide BBC operation runs on UK government money.) [...]

[...] am not arguing that newspapers need to be run as non-profits or government subsidized, as some people have (and it’s worth noting that the world-wide BBC operation runs on UK government money.) [...]

]]> By: Tony Patterson http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/12/tell-us-more-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-60033 Tony Patterson Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:26:22 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=11277#comment-60033 I don't understand why people are talking non-profit. Non-profit is negative. Journalism is a public good that requires public support from public funds. Like education, with which it is closely aligned. Governments at all levels should be allocating budgets to journalistic enterprises, starting at the municipal level. I propose a City Editor function for Boston, New York, Toronto et al., a department paid for by the city but at arm's length, its independence protected by journalists with some form of tenure. I don’t understand why people are talking non-profit. Non-profit is negative. Journalism is a public good that requires public support from public funds. Like education, with which it is closely aligned. Governments at all levels should be allocating budgets to journalistic enterprises, starting at the municipal level. I propose a City Editor function for Boston, New York, Toronto et al., a department paid for by the city but at arm’s length, its independence protected by journalists with some form of tenure.

]]> By: Howard Weaver http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/12/tell-us-more-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-60020 Howard Weaver Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:43:09 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=11277#comment-60020 I suppose that the creation of "“nothing less than a new class of cultural institution in this country" helps justify the $570,000 annual salary Mr. Steiger gets from this non-profit. I suppose that the creation of ““nothing less than a new class of cultural institution in this country” helps justify the $570,000 annual salary Mr. Steiger gets from this non-profit.

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