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Journalism is going to dirt because it isn't practiced. Or to put it in a more honest way: newspapers don't want to, or cannot afford to, pay for it anymore. Ea
by jonnycomputer 5y ago
Journalism is going to dirt because it isn't practiced. Or to put it in a more honest way: newspapers don't want to, or cannot afford to, pay for it anymore. Easier to just repeat press releases, or report on the latest twitter nitwitting.
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist. She's paid over a $1k just to access court records in the last year, out of her own pocket. Investigative journalism is expensive.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI'm a writer and blogger who doesn't make squat. My writing has repeatedly hit the front page of HN but it almost never gets submitted by anyone but me and then I get harangued for "self promoting." I write a great deal more than what I submit here and I submit a lot less than I used to. No, that hasn't caused other people to submit my stuff more often. People here don't want ads on your website. They use ad blockers. They don't want affiliate links. They don't want to leave tips or support your Patreon. They don't want your writing to be content marketing for some other means to pay your bills. They de facto expect writing to be unpaid slave labor and then bitch and moan about how much writing sucks these days. "You get what you pay for." I bitch less than I used to. It seems to only be an excuse to hate on me some more, not effectively move the needle.