Like weather reporting, journalism (in the 'what happened' sense, not all of this 'analysis' crap) should be funded by the public. The independence of the jour

Like weather reporting, journalism (in the 'what happened' sense, not all of this 'analysis' crap) should be funded by the public. The independence of the journalism department must be enshrined in law, but further I imagine a system where anyone can apply to become a journalist assuming they meet minimum requirements. You submit your accounts, and if they pass quality checks (including rejecting editorial content and passing basic fact checking) they get published and you get paid. Multiple accounts of the same event may (and should) be posted, and so then the reader can build a picture from those varied sources. This is citizen journalism, funded by the government and lightly edited, its purity spelled out to the literal letter by law. It's the only way out.