Jay Rosen
American press critic and journalism professor at New York University; author of the blog PressThink and of What Are Journalists For?
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Their wordsSubscription and membership are not the same thing. We should separate one from the other. That will open more ways of supporting good journalism. Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.
↗Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.pressthink.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsIn the future donating your knowledge and civic skills will become common practice in journalism.
↗Subscribers buy a product. Members join the cause.pressthink.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 4 years earlier
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Their wordsAnother reason I tell you this story from 30 years ago is that the savvy temptation still thrives in American journalism. It’s as strong as ever.
↗The savvy turn in political journalismpressthink.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsJournalists ought to be pressing for those answers, but in the savvy style “realistically” is allowed to push “justifiably” out of the frame.
↗The savvy turn in political journalismpressthink.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
- 10 months earlier
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The press should treat American democracy as something it can lose unless it learns to defend it.
Their wordsWe can lose this thing if we don’t learn how to defend it. That’s the attitude the press ought to have toward American democracy.
↗If you’re worried that journalists have learned nothing from the Trump years.pressthink.org