Big news in a small country—developing independent public interest journalism in NZ

As pared-down newsrooms across the United States increasingly generate content for pay-walled online platforms, some of the country’s best journalists are instead joining public interest start-ups in the hope of pursuing the type of investigative journalism projects the mainstream media is increas...

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Autor principal:	Peter Griffin
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Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2014
Materias:	advertising crowd-funding data journalism investigative journalism New Zealand philanthropy Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ce27adca9ad3424d8d59ead8010c83132021-12-02T03:41:02ZBig news in a small country—developing independent public interest journalism in NZ10.24135/pjr.v20i1.1851023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/ce27adca9ad3424d8d59ead8010c83132014-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/185https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035As pared-down newsrooms across the United States increasingly generate content for pay-walled online platforms, some of the country’s best journalists are instead joining public interest start-ups in the hope of pursuing the type of investigative journalism projects the mainstream media is increasingly struggling to fund. The likes of Propublica, the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists have found a viable niche in the US media ecosystem, one built on innovation, collaboration, and philanthropic support. Could the success of these foundations be mirrored in a small country like New Zealand, where the media faces the same resourcing pressure but little philanthropic money goes into media-related ventures? This article is based on the author’s Fulbright Harkness Fellowship-funded research trip to the US, visiting the organisations mentioned above and others, and suggests that while the US model of public interest journalism is unlikely to work in New Zealand, aspects of it coupled with clever use of technology and crowdfunding platforms could be harnessed to create a viable nationally focused public interest journalism venture.Peter GriffinAsia Pacific Networkarticleadvertisingcrowd-fundingdata journalisminvestigative journalismNew ZealandphilanthropyCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2014)
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description	As pared-down newsrooms across the United States increasingly generate content for pay-walled online platforms, some of the country’s best journalists are instead joining public interest start-ups in the hope of pursuing the type of investigative journalism projects the mainstream media is increasingly struggling to fund. The likes of Propublica, the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists have found a viable niche in the US media ecosystem, one built on innovation, collaboration, and philanthropic support. Could the success of these foundations be mirrored in a small country like New Zealand, where the media faces the same resourcing pressure but little philanthropic money goes into media-related ventures? This article is based on the author’s Fulbright Harkness Fellowship-funded research trip to the US, visiting the organisations mentioned above and others, and suggests that while the US model of public interest journalism is unlikely to work in New Zealand, aspects of it coupled with clever use of technology and crowdfunding platforms could be harnessed to create a viable nationally focused public interest journalism venture.
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Big news in a small country—developing independent public interest journalism in NZ

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