SeattlePostGlobe.org, the first of two employee startups to come out of the Seattle PI, has just launched. It has partnered with Seattle public TV station KCTS — as well as Seattle Weekly on the advertising front — to provide a non-profit approach to local news. “As in Denver, where the journalists of the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News also are starting their own news site, we’re forging on because we believe newspaper-quality journalism needs to continue even as newspapers close,” wrote Kery Murakami in a welcome message. “We’re relying on you — the community — to keep us going.” Murakami told a group at a panel discussion last week that the plan is to bundle donations with public TV and radio, which would greatly expand its fundraising reach — a unique approach that could reach a meaningful number when combined with advertising. The question, of course, is whether SeattlePostGlobe can carve out a niche and build a loyal audience with its base of 20 contributors.
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If they do some real reporting and get noticed, then it’s all good. If they just aggregate other stuff to fill space and they tell us stuff we already get 10 different places, then what’s the point? No one will care. Do something substantial that’s useful and relevant and they will not only survive but thrive. My prediction is the future of news coverage is not like we’ve seen for 100 years where it’s all in one place. Now it’s going to be local and state investigative in one place, sports in another, tech someplace else, street level live coverage in another. There is no reason why it needs to be under one roof anymore. The ivory tower days of broadcasting and news are a thing of the past. Music too actually. Just my two cents.