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One outcome of the Deadspin mess might be instructive—a group of journalists abandoned it and started Defector, a successful worker co-op. After Quitting Deads
by ntnsndr 3y ago
One outcome of the Deadspin mess might be instructive—a group of journalists abandoned it and started Defector, a successful worker co-op.
After Quitting Deadspin in Protest, They’re Starting a New Site https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/business/media/deadspin-staffers-start-defector.html?unlocked_article_code=1.gk0.3fzO.TCDEPWcmMmwb&ugrp=u https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/business/media/deadspin-s...
For more context on cooperatives in journalism, see https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mij/15031809.0007.203?view=text;rgn=main https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mij/15031809.0007.203?view=text...
- burkaman 3y ago404 Media itself is a similar collective of ex-Vice people, I think pretty directly inspired by Defector.
- toofy 3y agoto add to this, i think 404media is also where Joseph Cox went (edit: i just checked, he is a part of 404) most people here will be familiar with his writing for motherboard.
- AndrewKemendo 3y agoGlad to see worker cooperatives popping up!
- ghaff 3y agoI don't really disagree but be aware that many of those people working in journalist cooperatives would probably make more money working at McDonalds. (Of course I'm sure they find working as a journalist more satisfying.)
- photochemsyn 3y agoMcDonald's CEO made $17.8 million in cash/stock/options in 2022, so working at McDonalds must be a good gig. If entry-level workers made 1/100th what the CEO makes, that's $178,000 a year!