Just curious — how would you like this to work? If you want high quality journalism, you need to pay journalists.
You can pay them through ads, but 1) this is annoying, and 2) people just install ad blockers.
You can have state-sponsored media, which can work reasonably well…or can end up a propaganda machine.
Or…you can pay.
Journalism is not a crazy lucrative career for most. Financially, most of the folks writing for NYT would be better off in PR — and I don’t think that’s a good thing for society.
The NYT is one of the biggest, most recognised publications worldwide. If they don’t meet your requirements, I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation
I think many people also don’t understand the difference between opinion and reporting. You can despise the opinion section of NYT, or WSJ, or whatever, but still respect the reporting.
I question a lot of the choices they’ve made in the opinion section, and which letters from politicians to publish, but it can’t be understated that OP/EDs are totally separate from everything else.
Just curious — how would you like this to work? If you want high quality journalism, you need to pay journalists.
You can pay them through ads, but 1) this is annoying, and 2) people just install ad blockers.
You can have state-sponsored media, which can work reasonably well…or can end up a propaganda machine.
Or…you can pay.
Journalism is not a crazy lucrative career for most. Financially, most of the folks writing for NYT would be better off in PR — and I don’t think that’s a good thing for society.
As a paying NYT subscriber, I’d just like to add that unfortunately they still advertise to me.
Adverts have been in newspapers since forever. They’re giving you the full experience.
Most of us moved into communications years ago
You need to earn my trust if you want me to pay.
Many of these legacy media outlets are demanding Netflix-level fees for fanfic-level content.
The NYT is one of the biggest, most recognised publications worldwide. If they don’t meet your requirements, I don’t think that’s a realistic expectation
I think many people also don’t understand the difference between opinion and reporting. You can despise the opinion section of NYT, or WSJ, or whatever, but still respect the reporting.
I question a lot of the choices they’ve made in the opinion section, and which letters from politicians to publish, but it can’t be understated that OP/EDs are totally separate from everything else.