A Proposal Anyone?
I have read many of the comments here about the struggle to find trustworthy investigative reporters, but I see few practical proposals.
I would like to know how to support,even help fund a great idea for helping brave journalist become "the change they want to see in the world."
What are the steps?
Right at the end of the "Watchdogs" article, Marisa Guthrie quotes Mike Hoyt and touches on the one thing we all know:
"'There's a kind of crisis in journalism right now,' says Mike Hoyt, executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. 'The economic model has led to a crisis of self-confidence or mission so that [journalists] are spending their energy trying to figure out ways to survive--or thrive--in the new era, as opposed to putting that energy into great journalism.'"
Do the math: if Common Cause or FCNL had one dollar for every time an American brings up untrustworthy media or fearful journalists, how many investigative reporters could have health care for their families?
Let's DO SOMETHING PRACTICAL to support journalists till they are free to investigate. Let's restore a safe place for journalists right here, in the land of FREE and the home the BRAVE.
ANY PRACTICAL PROPOSALS TO PREVENT TRUTH SPEAKERS FROM BEING TAKEN DOWN ?
RuthAnn Purchase, Free Lance Writer & Social Entrepreneur, Founder, Greenbridge CDC
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