The Bristol Cable - ruffling feathers?
The bringers of bad news for the bearers of awful news, perhaps?
In truth, maybe, simply a group of extraordinary* people - aiming to encourage as many others to understand how extraordinary they can become
So what's the issue - why cooperatives?
[The bold is mine today - Editor]
"Andy Burnham was one of our co-founders [of Supporters Direct], and when he became the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport there was a problem with one of the papers in his constituency. He was asked 'what are you going to do?' and said ‘I can’t do anything personally but maybe newspapers could be saved by readers’.
http://www.thenews.coop/92455/news/general/good-news-for-media-co-ops/
[The bold is mine today - Editor]
“That started a train of thought, so I started looking at things like people owning their local paper – which to begin with seemed unlikely as it looked like a dying industry. But our research showed it was a viable proposition. The problem was not mass social change but terrible ownership."
http://www.thenews.coop/92455/news/general/good-news-for-media-co-ops/
This is how terrible AnD how good it can get
So how to proceed?
YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO REINVENT JOURNALISM - ALL YOU NEED IS TO REMEMBER JOURNALISM
"We don't see our role as a breaking news service," says Mr Aviram. “Our aim is to cover local investigations and the stories which often go unreported, using infographics, podcasts, photography, illustrations and films as well as feature articles.
“We are interested in looking at stories behind the daily news and more interested in exploring wider themes in a variety of media making data and under-reported stories accessible.”
http://www.thenews.coop/92455/news/general/good-news-for-media-co-ops/
