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  • Institutions or Infrastructure? The Real Opportunity for Online Journalism and Democracy

    January 26, 2010

    This is a guest post by Josh Wilson of Newsdesk.org, a commercial-free, non-politicized news source covering important but overlooked issues from around the world.

    Want to save the news? Stop worrying about journalism institutions, and start worrying about journalists.

    Much of the discussion about media and journalism is about institutions and their relationships with citizens. The issues — that journalism institutions must be transparent, accountable, and provide real value and relevance to the community — are clear enough.