Sheril KirshenbaumAug 26, 2023

I understand that newspapers need support through subscriptions, but I often worry about about how this makes reliable information a luxury for those with the means to afford it.

Meanwhile misinformation & disinformation are widely accessible & free. #news #journalism

Show threadStarý účet Jakub ZelenkaAug 27, 2023
@Sheril As a journalist, I have long been looking for an answer to the question of how to bring essential information to people in an accessible and paywall-free way. I'm from the Czechia, so our market is only 10 million people big. I figure that for this to work, journalism has to be just one of the pillars of the business. The other is paid workshops, meetings and lectures. Subscriptions can be dealt with in the form of a club that gets extra content and access to the community (discord, etc)
Show threadStarý účet Jakub Zelenka
@Sheril we have to realize that the business model of the media market has almost collapsed and we are actually looking for ways to do it again. The interactions are flowing to Meta, X and Google. Subscriptions also allow editorial to plan and not live day to day. Furt seems more fair to pay a smaller amount on a regular basis than to collect and sell data to third parties.
Aug 27, 2023 at 10:42amWeb