TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 years agoJournalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Fundedwww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1636arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1617arrow-down1external-linkJournalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Fundedwww.scientificamerican.comTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square73linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNathanielThomas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·3 years agoThe problem is journalism is done “for profit.” If we could fund public nonprofit journalism that allowed journalists to earn a living wage, many of us wouldn’t have abandoned our careers to move into corporate communications.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down4·3 years agoOr public relations and marketing.
The problem is journalism is done “for profit.” If we could fund public nonprofit journalism that allowed journalists to earn a living wage, many of us wouldn’t have abandoned our careers to move into corporate communications.
Or public relations and marketing.