Wired: US advocacy group calls for state funding for journalism innovation
May 13th, 2009Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Journalism
Free Press, a group set up to fight media consolidation, has released a report calling for a study on how to save journalism.
Mooted proposals include: a $50 million government fund to support research and development for journalism innovation; a journalism jobs program; and a new ownership models for newspapers.
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