Good to care about the state of media. But before a single word has been written, seems like an open mind might be called for. Nonprofit funding is increasingly bankrolling some of the best journalism in this country — Mississippi Today won a Pulitzer exposing Brett Favre’s financial shenanigans and is an AJP supported property. AJP has infused local and national money into startup newsrooms all over the country and they all have a responsibility to abide by the same ethical principles that have guided for-profit newsrooms for decades. Yes some fail to hit that mark but I didn’t see any specific examples here about what TLNI is doing wrong.
Perhaps they’ll stumble as we all have trying to find our footing and make journalism sustainable without cow towing to advertisers. I’m proud of work by nonprofits like The Frontier (which I helped start), NonDoc and Oklahoma Watch.
I’m excited to see what TLNI does here in Tulsa (especially a catchier name lol) and wish them well.
Well, I gave one large example about TLNI and that one was, as you say, even before a single word has been written. Did you miss that?
I also gave a head's up on a looming conflict of interest. I'll be open-mindedly watching how The Frontier and others cover that.
Cheers
So the reader knows, The Frontier is yet another media entity supported by Empire money. According to its website, the top listed 'foundation donor' is the GKFF.
Done well, Randy. I’m glad I know you and John Neal.
Good to care about the state of media. But before a single word has been written, seems like an open mind might be called for. Nonprofit funding is increasingly bankrolling some of the best journalism in this country — Mississippi Today won a Pulitzer exposing Brett Favre’s financial shenanigans and is an AJP supported property. AJP has infused local and national money into startup newsrooms all over the country and they all have a responsibility to abide by the same ethical principles that have guided for-profit newsrooms for decades. Yes some fail to hit that mark but I didn’t see any specific examples here about what TLNI is doing wrong.
Perhaps they’ll stumble as we all have trying to find our footing and make journalism sustainable without cow towing to advertisers. I’m proud of work by nonprofits like The Frontier (which I helped start), NonDoc and Oklahoma Watch.
I’m excited to see what TLNI does here in Tulsa (especially a catchier name lol) and wish them well.
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Well, I gave one large example about TLNI and that one was, as you say, even before a single word has been written. Did you miss that?
I also gave a head's up on a looming conflict of interest. I'll be open-mindedly watching how The Frontier and others cover that.
Cheers
So the reader knows, The Frontier is yet another media entity supported by Empire money. According to its website, the top listed 'foundation donor' is the GKFF.
https://www.readfrontier.org/foundation-donors/