General, Journalism

Three more cheers for the NUJ – sounds to me like they’re playing our tune…

Needless to say, there was one particular line that stood out…

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42911&c=1

‘And he said that the solution to the current crisis may be the use of public funds to help set up new journalist-led news organisations.

‘”It may be that we are looking at funding mini-media or a foundation that will give money to groups of journalists if they can pass the quality threshold,” Davies said…

Suits me.

As ever, however, the question is when…?

[Update... or rather, another thing: if they 'can pass the quality threshold...' You mean come with some kind of recognised 'kitemark' attached? See below...]

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