Secure freedom of speech SupportiveArgument1 #21339 Endowing one or more top quality newspapers would help to secure the freedom of speech in society. |
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Author: Steve Coll Cited by: David Price 7:16 AM 28 June 2009 GMT Citerank: (4) 21264Turn newspapers into nonprofit, endowed institutionsTurn newspapers into nonprofit, endowed institutions—like colleges and universities.959C6EF, 21340No easy substitute for the ecology of big news room journalismThere is no easy substitute for the professional, civil-service-style, relentless independent thinking, reporting cultivated in big newsrooms (and shielded reasonably well from potlical or commercial pressure by quasi-monopoly business model).1198CE71, 21341$2bn endowment for the Washington PostThe typical spend rate for endowed nonprofits is in the five-percent range. A two billion dollar endowment fund a very healthy newsroom. (even before revenue from continuing operations—advertising, circulation, etc.).959C6EF, 129029No easy substitute for the ecology of big news room journalismThere is no easy substitute for the professional, civil-service-style, relentless independent thinking, reporting cultivated in big newsrooms (and shielded reasonably well from potlical or commercial pressure by quasi-monopoly business model).1198CE71 URL:
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