Is Charity the Only Hope for Newspaper Future?
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The newspaper industry has been bleeding advertising revenue for sometime and, increasingly, shop talk says the best hope might be charity. The New York Times has begun considering funding investigative journalism projects with donations from non-profit groups like ProPublica, a model that would promote reader-driven reporting. Are mainstream newspapers going the NPR-route? And does it raise conflicts of interest?
Guests:
Paul Steiger, editor-in-chief, president and chief executive of ProPublica.
Rick Edmonds, media business analyst at the Poynter Institute, a school for journalists in St. Petersburg, Florida
Mark Duvosin, deputy managing editor, Los Angeles Times; the Times recently partnered with ProPublica for an investigative journalism piece on the California State Nurses Board
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- CA May Lose out on Millions in Education Stimulus
- Is Charity the Only Hope for Newspaper Future?
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- Theater Critics' Roundtable
- LA's Post-Punk Vaudeville Meets Mexican Wrestling
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Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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