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National Geographic reportedly lays off its last staff writers (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by HeartyBeast@kbin.social to c/worldnews@kbin.social

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Nineteen staffers affected, according to Washington Post, with celebrated magazine to end newsstand sales

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[–] norapink@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I get what you're saying but people shouldnt have to pay for such an important thing. Obviously news publications need money somehow but paying for news should never be required.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So how do you pay journalists, photographers, designers, editors? (an ex-journalist asks).

[–] livus@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you wanted to treat news as so important that individuals don't have to pay, you would use a Public Service broadcasting model, which treats news as a public good provided to everyone and funded through taxes.

(someone so old they remember life before economic neoliberalism replies).

[–] zhaosima@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

People are shitting on Germans public broadcasting and its fee a lot and there have been a couple of actual scandals, but all in all the news and investigative pieces they produce are so important.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

A minimal payment for getting a thing like news seems absolutely reasonable. It was the case for hundreds of years, it requires money to produce...