the_questioner_23

Hi Barbara -

You mentioned that journalists aren't really paid anymore. If so, what do you see as the future of journalists and journalism?

Do you envision a decline of the type of journalism you produce?

I read the article about the gent that got fired from his journalism job, and it seems he made a real racial faux pax via twitter, and was also arrested for assault on his wife.

Do you think racism and violence against women are dubious reasons?

Thanks!

See, journalists aren't paid anymore, really. People expect people to write for no pay. So we try to raise money to pay them, because we think it would be wrong to leave journalism just for people who are rich enough to do it, or people who just write about celebrities. We had a wonderful story on http://economichardship.org/, one by a man who had been a very successful journalist until he was fired for very dubious reasons and ended up working in a retail sporting goods store for $10 an hour.