Paying for Journalism
Discussions focus on the necessity of paying for news and journalism to fund reporters, sustain organizations, and maintain quality reporting, often debating paywalls and free content expectations.
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Somebody has to actually pay for journalism.
Only if they pay their reporters (e.g. users) too.
If you don't want to pay for journalism it dies.
Who pays for journalism writing news if you bypass the paywall?
Large downsides? How about the news sources going bankrupt? Someone has to pay for reporters.
Depends on how news orgs make their money.
What's wrong with that? They work hard to bring you that news. They should be paid.
Who's going to pay people to do real news? It's not a hobby
Great journalism isn't free.
Because journalism costs money?