Comments on: First Hint: Public Is Ready to Save Journalism http://pjnet.org/post/2064/ Public Journalism Network Mon, 20 Jun 2011 21:59:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Leonard Witt http://pjnet.org/post/2064/comment-page-1/#comment-9433 Leonard Witt Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:25:07 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=2064#comment-9433 Hello Griftdrift and Josh: Let's keep talking. Something very interesting is afoot here. Hello Griftdrift and Josh:

Let’s keep talking. Something very interesting is afoot here.

]]> By: Josh http://pjnet.org/post/2064/comment-page-1/#comment-9430 Josh Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:02:35 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=2064#comment-9430 Lenn - I had a similar experience at the recent SaveTheNews.org event in Denver where 200 people showed up to a forum on the future of journalism. The unique thing was that it was split between community members and nonprofit leaders (about 100 ppl) and about 100 journalists and former journalists. Both groups were eager to talk about the future of the news, and strategize creative tactics for supporting newsgathering. I had journalists come up to me afterward in awe of the outpouring of community support and I had community members marveling that journalists actually wanted to hear from them. In the end, it was not just about getting the public to pay for the news, but looking at a full range of strategies for fostering local journalism - from business models, to donations, to public policy. There is more info on the event at our blog www.savethenews.org/blog Lenn – I had a similar experience at the recent SaveTheNews.org event in Denver where 200 people showed up to a forum on the future of journalism. The unique thing was that it was split between community members and nonprofit leaders (about 100 ppl) and about 100 journalists and former journalists. Both groups were eager to talk about the future of the news, and strategize creative tactics for supporting newsgathering.

I had journalists come up to me afterward in awe of the outpouring of community support and I had community members marveling that journalists actually wanted to hear from them. In the end, it was not just about getting the public to pay for the news, but looking at a full range of strategies for fostering local journalism – from business models, to donations, to public policy.

There is more info on the event at our blog http://www.savethenews.org/blog

]]> By: griftdrift http://pjnet.org/post/2064/comment-page-1/#comment-9331 griftdrift Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:26:44 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=2064#comment-9331 "My message was that if the public doesn’t step up and start to support journalism, it was going to disappear' No it won't. And I'm ready to talk. Are you willing to listen, Len? “My message was that if the public doesn’t step up and start to support journalism, it was going to disappear’

No it won’t.

And I’m ready to talk. Are you willing to listen, Len?

]]> By: Notes from a Teacher - Tuesday squibs http://pjnet.org/post/2064/comment-page-1/#comment-9321 Notes from a Teacher - Tuesday squibs Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:30:36 +0000 http://pjnet.org/?p=2064#comment-9321 [...] First Hint: Public Is Ready to Save Journalism. Some encouraging anecdotal evidence from Len Witt. [...] [...] First Hint: Public Is Ready to Save Journalism. Some encouraging anecdotal evidence from Len Witt. [...]

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