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If nonprofits are supposed to save journalism, why aren’t their reporters allowed into congressional press galleries?

By Megan Tady

Many players in the journalism world hope that one short string of letters and numbers can save our crumbling media system: 501(c)(3). And no, it’s not a lottery number. It’s the IRS code for nonprofit status, and veteran journalists are eyeing it hungrily. As newspapers crumble, leaving thousands of journalists unemployed, nonprofit news models are emerging as possible replacements for failing… return to article

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    Perhaps those empty seats, exposed in graphic detail on a regular basis, could be an angle toward placing urgency on the issue. Who used to occupy them, why, when, and where they’ve gone. Could the vaccum left by these formerly employed correspondents be shaped into an embarrassment for politicians?

    Let’s keep the pressure on.

    United States Posted by wanzellarts on Aug 6, 2009 at 6:45 PM
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