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Public Support.4 The NPR Way
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Eliot Caroom.
“It’s a tough time for us,” says NPR’s Adam Davidson, there will be new cutbacks. “WNYC is now more corporate support than public gifts, which is a first for them, it’s a first for the system. …The biggest thing that’s new is how to monetize non-station distribution. We sort of own the podcast space. We’re […]
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Revenue.4
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Emily Mayer.
Big issue in display advertising is ad networks have few CPMS. There is a little bit of a backlash from publishers toward third party ad networks.
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Revenue.3
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Emily Mayer.
Discussion of cookie-based data. Dave Morgan and Scott Meyer say they sell cookie-based data to third parties.Others say it’s against their privacy policies. Meyer feels the revenues that come out of these shared tags represents a good opportunity.
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Public Support.3 ProPublica Continued
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Eliot Caroom.
Tofel says “one year grants or three year grants are not a way to sustain anything. If you were going to sustain this thing one philanthropy, you would need a very broad base.” Currently ProPublica is funded on rolling 3-year grants from the Sandler Foundation. What is their direction? Tasks: 1. Proving they can recruit […]
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Revenue.2
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Emily Mayer.
Revenue models: data mining, sponsored feeds, Adsense, syndication. Purpose of meeting is to define best prospects for revenue and explore new models.
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Public Support.2 The ProPublica model
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Eliot Caroom.
Richard Tofel says ProPublica is the largest investigative journalism staff in the country, and is entirely funded by philanthropy. Most support comes from the Sandler Foundation, with support from others like the McCormack Foundation. “We’re very cognizant of the fact that we’re making it up as we go along,” Tofel says. He adds that the […]
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Introductions-Revenue
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Emily Mayer.
As people introduce themselves it turns out some people are more interested in money than what’s on their name tags.
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Public Support.1 "What are the real possibilities?"
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Eliot Caroom.
After introductions, Jay Rosen asks for real possibilities for non-market funded, non-state funded journalism? Public support means, beyond funding, public input. Beyond NPR and ProPublica, what kinds of work could be supported publicly? What never can be? What new ideas or maxims could be offered to the rest of the group?
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Investing in Journalism, One Donation at a Time
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Claudia Cruz.
Anyone can participate. First, someone can leave a story tip. Second, a journalist will find the tip and create a pitch. Third, the pitch is posted on the site and the public begins to donate towards the journalism. Once the amount needed is generated the journalist will begin to write. The story will be shopped […]
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David Cohn, Founder of Spot.us
Posted on 23. Oct, 2008 by Claudia Cruz.
David Cohn, founder of Spot.us, won a 2008 Knight Foundation Grant to start a community funded journalism site. He hopes that Spot.us reminds people that journalism is a public good and should be publicly supported.
