Experiment in independent journalism
Freelance journalist David Appel is asking readers of his Weblog to pay him to pursue an investigative story in what he calls an "experiment in independent journalism." If 40 readers pay him $5, he says he'll publish a story on his Weblog about a sugar lobbying group's attempt to get Congress to kill funding for the World Health Organization. "On first blush, it's highly unorthodox for a journalist to ask readers to pony up money for a piece of journalism," online journalism blogger J.D. Lasica asks. "On second blush, isn't that what newspaper publishers do every day?"May 21, 2003 | E-MAIL | SAVE | PRINT | PERMALINK | DISCUSS(0)
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