Orgs like http://www.propublica.org/about/ http://www.propublica.org/about/ are funded privately by people or orgs who believe that there is a public interest i

Orgs like http://www.propublica.org/about/ http://www.propublica.org/about/ are funded privately by people or orgs who believe that there is a public interest in maintaining independent journalism. Orgs like http://www.npr.org/about/ http://www.npr.org/about/ are paid for by the public, using a distributed model. There are local stations that are paid for locally, who in turn help fund the umbrella organization of NPR. Likewise there are private individuals who have left endowments or other contributions to maintain NPRs independence. Journalism is alive and well. Corporate journalism is dying. And i can't say i'm hugely sorry. Sucks that the industry has crashed as opposed to transitioning, but i can't say that it wasn't at least in part their own fault.