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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand sales

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I get what you're saying but people shouldnt have to pay for such an important thing. Obviously news publications need money somehow but paying for news should never be required.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

So how do you pay journalists, photographers, designers, editors? (an ex-journalist asks).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

If you wanted to treat news as so important that individuals don't have to pay, you would use a Public Service broadcasting model, which treats news as a public good provided to everyone and funded through taxes.

(someone so old they remember life before economic neoliberalism replies).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People are shitting on Germans public broadcasting and its fee a lot and there have been a couple of actual scandals, but all in all the news and investigative pieces they produce are so important.

[–] jxk 1 points 1 year ago

The reason people shit on it is not their news department. The reason is that most money they get is wasted on football broadcasting licenses and shitty soap operas. Also, because they have seats for the church on their board. But otherwise, yes, public funded journalism is a good thing.

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