Damon KiesowFeb 10, 2023

I don't think Heather is on Mastodon yet to tag, but this quote is on fire:

“I don’t really care about journalism, the industry that has a product for sale. That’s not what I care about saving or fixing. I care about journalism, a service to the public that requires quality news and information in order to navigate their lives. To me, that’s the only real journalism.”

https://medium.com/centerforcooperativemedia/q-a-heather-bryant-on-how-collaboration-empowers-small-local-news-startups-29f9f1641409

Q&A: Heather Bryant on how collaboration empowers small local news startups

Heather Bryant is the interim executive director for Tiny News Collective, an organization that helps local news founders start publications and get them off the ground. Tiny News provides training…

Center for Cooperative Media
Show threadWilliam RobisonFeb 10, 2023
@dkiesow more and more I think we need some sort of Public Supported Journalism (PSJ). Kinda like Public Broadcasting. The issue in the short term is that like PBS and NPR it will need federal or state government seed money to get started. At the moment that's ot politically possible.
Show threadDamon Kiesow
@William_Robison Had that exact discussion with someone yesterday.
Feb 10, 2023 at 7:04pmWeb
Show threadWilliam RobisonFeb 10, 2023
@dkiesow the idea have been floating around for 10 or 20 years. There had been talk about the LA Times moving to a PSJ model back when the Chicago Tribune was talking about shutting it down.