Financial Loss & Open Journalism

Mathew Ingram in Fortune questions whether critics are right to link the financial losses at The Guardian to the paper’s pursuit of open journalism. He writes open journalism is “a fundamental part of the Guardian‘s commitment to journalism as a public good. …When the paper launches projects like the ground-breaking MP Expenses crowdsourcing project—in which tens of thousands of readers pored over expense reports filed by British politicians—or opens up its editorial process by allowing readers to contribute ideas, it isn’t because crowdsourcing is hip. It’s because the Guardian sees its readers as partners in creating journalism, not just content consumers". Read the full article.