Direct Journalism

by Cem Basman

Michael J. Totten has made an experiment in journalism:

I decided to try a little experiment. Instead of lining up an assignment from an editor to cover Northern Iraqi Kurdistan, I struck out on my own without asking permission from anyone. Almost all my material was posted directly to this Web site. I wanted to see if the amount of money I can raise from readers competes with the industry’s going rate.

It does.

I call it "Direct Journalism".

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interessanter Beitrag; die Adresse ist in meinen Favourites gelandet. Danke, Cem.

Armin Roth, 2006-04-26 08:46

Yeah, it's hard to stop reading once you start. Sounds like a lot of fun! Wonder if I could do that and go somewhere like the Bahamas or Kiwi or something like that?

"I was assaulted by seagulls as I laid on the beach this morning..."

GRIPPING and intense! ;-)

Tom

Tom Nichols, 2006-04-27 15:56

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