Business Week: Have Web Site, Will Investigate
Okay, the answer to the question in the headline is no, it's certainly not the future of journalism, but it definitely is a future of journalism. Great case in point: this story describes the case of Christopher Allbritton, a freelance journalist who wanted so badly to cover Iraq that he raised $14,334 in reader donations to his blog, Back-to-Iraq.com. There's service journalism for you.
Here's an idea: if Up2Speed offered to let our readers feed us stories to cover, what would you like to see reported? How much would you be willing to pay to have us do so?
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