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Can charity save journalism from market failure?

  • Written by Victor Pickard, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
imageAs journalism loses its financial footing, it may need more support from foundations.Tim Karr/Free Press, CC BY-SA

A foundation created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam recently announced it’s giving US$100 million to investigative news outlets and other initiatives, a rare boon for media institutions under duress. Even a...

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