New York Times | Washington Post That's what
Michael Schudson and
Leonard Downie Jr. say in
their paper, "The Reconstruction of American Journalism." They come up with six recommendations, including:
* tinkering with the tax structure to accommodate nonprofit status for news-gathering organizations
* persuading philanthropic foundations to fill the funding gap in more permanent ways, and
* involving universities in news gathering, and opening up databases to make them more useful for both pro and pro-am efforts. ||
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