The article clearly points out the advantages of the 21st century. What struck me though, and I partially agree with Joe Bergantino's three things that nonprofit newsrooms will continue to grow. Will nonprofit media outlets be capable of sustaining their business? Personally, I don't think so. I think that it's all about the money and that news organizations, especially news organizations, won't risk their lives to get certain information for nothing. His second comment on whether or not all this investigative reporting will be worth reading/watching? Well, frankly, I believe that at some point the public will be overwhelmed with so many details and so much information that in the end they will become ignorant and won't care as much as they care now (because it bothers them that they are not "well informed"). I do believe that the public is well informed about so many different things that now they are just bored with what they know and want to dig even deeper.
My last comment adds to my comment on Joe Bergantino's first issue. Well, it's all about the money! And just as Cheryl Phillips says, "Follow the money and the story will follow," that's how stories will keep people interested in what they are reading. They won't care as much for who was elected for president (maybe not all people) or what was discussed on certain meetings as they would care about where and how [t]heir money is being spend and who benefits from it.
Finally, I believe that investigative journalism is more related to civic journalism than it is to traditional journalism.
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