http://newmodeljournalism.com/2010/07/the-co-operative-an-old-model-for-new-journalism/ Tracking the media-funding revolution Tue, 22 Feb 2011 07:40:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://newmodeljournalism.com/2010/07/the-co-operative-an-old-model-for-new-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Clare Goff Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:02:57 +0000 http://newmodeljournalism.com/?p=288#comment-246 The West Highland Free Press became the first employee-owned newspaper in the UK recently - http://www.whfp.com/About/ABOUT-THE-WEST-HIGHLAND-FREE-PRESS.html It doesn't called itself a co-operative but is a similar model. The West Highland Free Press became the first employee-owned newspaper in the UK recently – http://www.whfp.com/About/ABOUT-THE-WEST-HIGHLAND-FREE-PRESS.html
It doesn’t called itself a co-operative but is a similar model.

]]> http://newmodeljournalism.com/2010/07/the-co-operative-an-old-model-for-new-journalism/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Tom Davies Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:52:40 +0000 http://newmodeljournalism.com/?p=288#comment-141 I think there's plenty of new media initiatives out there that could benefit from being 'introduced', as it were, to the Co-op model when they start thinking about long-term business plans. For one thing, it could strengthen bonds between producers and readers, which is the key relationship in any new initiative in the media. Various NUJ people are in touch with Co-ops UK people and are working on how the Co-op idea could be applied to the nuts and bolts of media production. I think there’s plenty of new media initiatives out there that could benefit from being ‘introduced’, as it were, to the Co-op model when they start thinking about long-term business plans. For one thing, it could strengthen bonds between producers and readers, which is the key relationship in any new initiative in the media. Various NUJ people are in touch with Co-ops UK people and are working on how the Co-op idea could be applied to the nuts and bolts of media production.

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