More From Rosen on NewAssignment.Net
Slashdot did a long interview with Jay Rosen about his his project NewAssignment.net. Now it is posted at Pressthink.
Here is one important Rosen answer for anyone thinking of starting an open source project:
Everyone I have consulted about open source projects of any kind has stressed one thing over and over: the importance of understanding what would motivate people to contribute to the gift economy of the project. You have to get that right, they say. Ultimately I believe a non-profit foundation is more secure one. If there are profits and they are extracted by the owners, not distributed to co-creators; that’s a problem. If there are profits and they go into doing more and better journalism, that’s different.
