Comments on: Public Interest Journalism – New Models

By: Sara13

Sara13 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:34:52 +0000

Thank God! It’s great that people are taking these changes seriously. I say bring back QUALITY. The internet is increasing the demand for free and quick bites of information, as a result quality is suffering while the public are drowning in quantity. A balance between quality and entertainment in the media is essential. I find comfort in the fact that investigative and quality journalism has more supporters than just me! And in light of this support I willing concede that my view of the general public as mindless zombies, feeding off tabloid rubbish, is probably untrue : )

By: The post-newspaper world « city of tongues

The post-newspaper world « city of tongues — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:38:07 +0000

...] seeking to develop models to enable such projects. I mentioned Swinburne University’s new fund to support public interest journalism a while back, and there are certainly other such projects in [...

By: Joel B1

Joel B1 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:18:37 +0000

Off topic but of interest?

‘So you want a Social License… What is it? What’s it good for? And where can you get one?
The all powerful, very cool. and dare I say it, mystical Social License!
Not everyone can have one. But more about that later.

So what is a Social License?
A Social License gives you permission to comment on subjects that you have no training in but feel your opinions are better than people who’ve studied and researched the area for 10, 12 or even 20 years. So, you might feel strongly about Tasmanian Devils, and with a Social License your views are given equal weight with those of a Professor of Zoology! How cool is that?

What’s a Social License good for?
Aside from the obvious power, you can use it just about however you like. In essence what you say becomes “reality”! Imagine you really hate Gunns. When they say they want to make clean Green electricity with a Biomass Generator your Social License allows you to say “Gunns should leaving saving the Planet to the people who care about it” and get it published in National News Media. That is amazing you say? Well, Gunns doesn’t have a Social License and you have. So even though you know nothing about anything other than feel-good mother-craft statements you’re in there, instant power!

How to get a Social License.
Not everyone can have a Social License. Obviously, you have to be “better”. And that’s the secret to getting a Social License. You have to be special, have special powers and knowledge. But not real knowledge, that’s for intellectuals. The best way to get a Social License is to join a pseudo-political group that’s got a few spare. We’re talking Australian Conservation Foundation, The Greens, The Tasmanian Greens (they have heaps, just lying around), The Wilderness Society etc. But you don’t just get a Social License, you get access to dozens of slightly woolly brained potential sexual partners! Score!

By: geekgirl

geekgirl — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:52:04 +0000

Good luck with that Margaret.! I can’t imagine anyone sponsoring local news stories unless they are exclusive and have an element of high drama. Afterall, isn’t that why we buy news from pundits in the first place? Don’t get me wrong I totally see the value in a different journalism model, but part of that would have to be re-educating people as to what is intrinsically valuable about news in the first place. I don;t find myself precluded from the debate based on this, but simply interested in more successful offerings that spot.us

By: Dispatches from the future? « city of tongues

Dispatches from the future? « city of tongues — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:02:26 +0000

...] “Projects will be assessed on their capacity to serve the public interest, with priority given to issues that are under-reported by the traditional media (read more).” [...

By: Jonathan Green

Jonathan Green — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:16:06 +0000

Welcome back doctor.