While digging around the essential journalism blog Romenesko, I read how Reuters donated $100,000 to Jay Rosen's striking experiment, NewAssignment.net.
We could all use $100,000 to chase our stories, but in the meantime, let's be happy an Old Media corporation can cooperate with a New Media venture--that's good news for fledgling writers looking for careers in this new publishing world.
Chris Ahern explains in The Huffington Post:
"Jay's novel program will seek to spark innovative investigative journalism by inviting the public to have a more active role in reporting. Our hope is that NewAssignment.Net will engage the public *and journalists* to pursue hard-hitting, investigative pieces that otherwise might not see the light of day.
"Through the NewAssignment.Net website, the public will be invited to suggest and assign stories, donate money to support reporting and help in gathering facts."
Lucky man Jay Rosen. At least it's a novel experiment, which is great!
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