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My understanding of what "open source journalism" might mean is something like Wikipedia, which provides pretty reliable information.
by kiliantics 7y ago
My understanding of what "open source journalism" might mean is something like Wikipedia, which provides pretty reliable information.
- cameronbrown 7y agoThe incentive structures are very different and this is the root of the problem. Being successful in 'journalism' is sadly more about connections and being middle class (not saying there isn't exceptions) than anything else which is the very antithesis of Wikipedia contributors. If we're going to discuss real journalists (not this pseudo-activism we've got today) who travel out into the public or dangerous places to find out the facts, then yeah, I think that's something we need, but the simple fact is you can't make money doing this with a Wiki style model. In my opinion this means the future is independent creators who are funded directly and traditional media completely burning up.
- kiliantics 7y agoIt's not clear to me that it's necessary to make money from publishing news. Many people contribute to Wikipedia without being paid.