Hey, a lot of people feel that the news orgs of the future involve networks of journalists, fact-checkers, and editors working together. I’m one of them, having stolen ideas from Ellen Miller, Jeff Jarvis, Jay Rosen, Dan Gillmor and others.

Well, the first such alliance has arisen, planning to operate in a public service, nonprofit mode.

It’s The Investigative News Network

Therefore, with a full appreciation of both the complexities and the
opportunities to be achieved by more formalized collaboration, the
nonprofit news publishers at Pocantico hereby declare that preparations
should be immediately made to form a collaboration, the Investigative
News Network (working title). Its mission is very simple: to aid and
abet, in every conceivable way, individually and collectively, the work
and public reach of its member news organizations, including, to the
fullest extent possible, their administrative, editorial and financial
wellbeing. And, more broadly, to foster the highest quality
investigative journalism, and to hold those in power accountable, at
the local, national and international levels.

Better commentary here by Josh Wilson of newsdesk.org:

Journalism’s true strength in the Internet era is decentralized.
It’s all about reporters — and reporting teams — working solo, and then
linking up in parallel to coordinate on stories, cross-promote, and
share resources.

Parallel processing! Peer-to-peer networks. A network model
harnesses the inherent strength of the Web as a medium. This is the
thesis behind my work with Independent Arts & Media and Newsdesk.org.

Now, on a significantly larger scale, a collaborative of nonprofit news agencies is teaming up to create a new entity: The Investigative News Network.

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Andy Plesser: Craig Newmark: I Didn’t Kill Newspapers, It’s an "Urban Legend" and David Carr Agrees

Caught up with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist immediately after his panel organized by iWantMedia today in Manhattan. He told me that while his company has had "an effect on newspapers," the notion that it has killed newspapers is "urban legend." New York Times media columnist David Carr was on hand at the event. After I spoke with Newmark, I asked David if Craig killed newspapers. He said the list shot their "back-end off" but didn't blame Newmark. If you haven't watched one-hour the panel, check it out. Great to watch Nick Denton and Wall Street Journal Deputy

Craig Newmark: Senator Mark Warner: "Enhancing health care choices for seniors"

Hey, another step to health care reform, proposed new legislaton from Senator Mark Warner, Enhancing health care choices for seniorsThe Senior Navigation and Planning Act of 2009 will: enhance Medicare and Medicaid coverage of advanced illness care management services; require doctors to provide patients with information on living wills and other planning tools; give providers incentives to achieve accreditation and certification in hospice and palliative care; encourage more comprehensive discharge planning; and increase public awareness about the importance of end-of-life planning. Go to the original story

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