Today it seems as though media moguls are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Readership is down for most print publications across the country and the trend shows no signs of slowing. Fortunately not all journalists are throwing in the towel just yet. Finding themselves laid off in an increasingly difficult job market, many are turning to non-profits as a way of continuing to tell the stories of today.
One of the front-runners in this area is the newly launched Seattle PostGlobe, which is staffed primarily by former writers of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, but in a market as bleak as today’s, how do these publications stay afloat? How are they reaching their audiences and are we likely to see similar publications in the future? In the coming weeks I hope to answer these questions and more as I investigate this up and coming style of news reporting.
Non-profs the wave of the journalistic future?
April 23, 2009 by Peter Young
Today it seems as though media moguls are finding themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Readership is down for most print publications across the country and the trend shows no signs of slowing. Fortunately not all journalists are throwing in the towel just yet. Finding themselves laid off in an increasingly difficult job market, many are turning to non-profits as a way of continuing to tell the stories of today.
One of the front-runners in this area is the newly launched Seattle PostGlobe, which is staffed primarily by former writers of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, but in a market as bleak as today’s, how do these publications stay afloat? How are they reaching their audiences and are we likely to see similar publications in the future? In the coming weeks I hope to answer these questions and more as I investigate this up and coming style of news reporting.
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