Evaluating the New Models for Journalism and News
[Source: SaveTheNews.org]
A number of alternative models for the news — recent experiments, long-standing ventures and ideas yet to move beyond the blueprint phase — hold clues for what new press institutions and new forms of journalism may look like.
The resource pages below summarize some of the new ideas and policy proposals put forward to address the crisis in journalism, evaluating their likelihood of success, broader societal benefit and political viability. The main questions we address include: Which models hold the most promise of providing democratic journalism? Which are politically viable? Which new or existing policies can assist or hinder these new models?
Some of these ideas have been heavily debated, while others remain untested and unexamined. The models are organized according to six main categories:
