Comments on: Free Advice: How to Save Journalism http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/1137/free-advice-how-to-save-journalism/ The New Thing Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:17:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Quick Tips For Newspapers & SEOhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/1137/free-advice-how-to-save-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-2299 Quick Tips For Newspapers & SEO Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:32:21 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=1137#comment-2299 [...] McManus just published some interesting ideas in Free Advice: How to Save Journalism. In particular, I like his two key points that journalists need to be right in with the technology [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-2299">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] McManus just published some interesting ideas in Free Advice: How to Save Journalism. In particular, I like his two key points that journalists need to be right in with the technology [...]

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]]> By: Jeffrey McManus » Battle Plans for Newspapershttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/1137/free-advice-how-to-save-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1354 Jeffrey McManus » Battle Plans for Newspapers Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:59:48 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=1137#comment-1354 [...] like the Nieman Foundation. It’s great that these things are getting discussed, although as I’ve mentioned before it seems like there is a divide between people who produce and pontificate about news and the [...]<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-1354">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> [...] like the Nieman Foundation. It’s great that these things are getting discussed, although as I’ve mentioned before it seems like there is a divide between people who produce and pontificate about news and the [...]

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]]> By: jeffreyhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/1137/free-advice-how-to-save-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1353 jeffrey Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:13:17 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=1137#comment-1353 Hey Mike,So you're saying that big corporate media must win because only they know how to defend against libel suits?That's like saying no doctor could ever start an independent practice because of the high cost of malpractice insurance. Yet somehow, private medical practices exist (and the stakes here are arguably much higher than in journalism). This is the case because doctors who run their own practices successfully don't shy away from the business and technical sides of their profession.Libel suits chase deep pockets. You've heard of businesses being too large to fail? There is a such thing as an organization that's too small to be sued.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-1353">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Hey Mike,

So you’re saying that big corporate media must win because only they know how to defend against libel suits?

That’s like saying no doctor could ever start an independent practice because of the high cost of malpractice insurance. Yet somehow, private medical practices exist (and the stakes here are arguably much higher than in journalism). This is the case because doctors who run their own practices successfully don’t shy away from the business and technical sides of their profession.

Libel suits chase deep pockets. You’ve heard of businesses being too large to fail? There is a such thing as an organization that’s too small to be sued.

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]]> By: Mike Boehmhttp://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/1137/free-advice-how-to-save-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Mike Boehm Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:33:17 +0000 http://blog.jeffreymcmanus.com/?p=1137#comment-1352 Jeffrey, please address the issue of how "small, self-organizing teams" will respond as they try to cover rich and powerful interests, only to find those interests fighting back with libel suits intended not to extract damages, but simply to stifle these intrepid little bands under a mass of time-consuming and prohibitively expensive, not to mention career-threatening court filings, demands for discovery and court appearances.One thing the "large corporate media" have are in-house lawyers to fend off such attempts. And, for First Amendment's sake, please don't weave some fantasy about pro-bono lawyers doing it gratis.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-1352">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> Jeffrey, please address the issue of how “small, self-organizing teams” will respond as they try to cover rich and powerful interests, only to find those interests fighting back with libel suits intended not to extract damages, but simply to stifle these intrepid little bands under a mass of time-consuming and prohibitively expensive, not to mention career-threatening court filings, demands for discovery and court appearances.

One thing the “large corporate media” have are in-house lawyers to fend off such attempts. And, for First Amendment’s sake, please don’t weave some fantasy about pro-bono lawyers doing it gratis.

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