Originally published at: Journalists Became Personal Brands. That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing. - TPM – Talking Points Memo
At the very start of the second Trump administration when multiple explosive news stories were breaking every day, I got a scoop that changed the course of my career. When I received the tip, there was no editor to run it by; no legal team to consult. I had to decide in a moment of…
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Glad to meet this “IJ” (Independent Journalist)for the first time here at TPM.
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Independent journalism is the future but if one has to publish often small stories become big stories. Sometimes it’s just opinion rather than news.
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I am not sure “Independent Journalizm” is good for journalism. I was a blogger back in the day. Mostly I read a lot of stories and would reframe them with my take. I did it for years. I thought I was doing something good. I argued with newspaper reporters and others about the applicalility of the frist amendment freedom ot the press extending to jabonies like me. I did some good work. Things I was proud of. In the end I realized that journalists with editors, deadlines and institutional history could and did do things I never would. I really pity the journalists who have come of age in the Twitter/Truth Social era. They simply repackage propaganda posted on social media. They don’t have to do any more than I did back in my blogging days. I hope we get back to real journalism in the future.
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