“Whether I agree with it or not, whether I even like it or not, the reality is that many individuals, many institutions and philanthropic groups, have concluded that journalism should be nonprofit.”
“Any national donor large enough to put out press releases that issues one about making a bunch of $25,000 grants is either trying to fool other people or themselves.”
The buyers say a lot of the right things. But since they seem to have no publishing experience, there’s no way to know what their plans are for the corporation, or for the newspaper.
The site, recently rebranded from In Justice Today, wants to shine a light on a more mysterious part of the legal system by focusing on local prosecutors and criminal justice policy.
“You can’t stop these guys from getting rich as hell and doing things, but I can at least have a marker laid out there in the cyber world saying: Hey, take a hard look.”
Owen, Laura Hazard. "“Won’t work for exposure”: The financial nitty-gritty of commercial–nonprofit news partnerships." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 18 May. 2017. Web. 17 Apr. 2024.
APA
Owen, L. (2017, May. 18). “Won’t work for exposure”: The financial nitty-gritty of commercial–nonprofit news partnerships. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 17, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/wont-work-for-exposure-the-financial-nitty-gritty-of-commercial-nonprofit-news-partnerships/
Chicago
Owen, Laura Hazard. "“Won’t work for exposure”: The financial nitty-gritty of commercial–nonprofit news partnerships." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified May 18, 2017. Accessed April 17, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/05/wont-work-for-exposure-the-financial-nitty-gritty-of-commercial-nonprofit-news-partnerships/.
Wikipedia
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