Banyan Project

Web-journalism startup creating sustainable news co-ops in communities the mainstream media ignores (aka #NewsDeserts). Feed: better journalism, news co-ops.

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

@localmediarocks Here's a new model for local news that's shovel-ready: https://t.co/ksLLEooLEr

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

@DMoKreis @CharliePerkins What democracy cries for is a new model that monetizes something other than the news. News co-op deliver on this. They provide free journalism as a community service. What they sell -- monetize -- is voting memberships and civic strengthening. See https://t.co/23af85JdBF

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Hear, hear!

[Donald M. Kreis @DMoKreis]

In fact, how about running the Portland Press Herald as a cooperative jointly owned and governed by elected representatives of the readers and the employees? Maine is the first state to see the light every day -- so, dirigo! Save print journalism for all of us! 4/4

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

The journalism that will save democracy will be trustworthy original reporting that nourishes communities through digital public squares where civic engagement thrives. Think #coop models that are direct democracies in themselves. Learn more at https://t.co/ANkEh7KZAI.

[Victor Pickard @VWPickard]

.@perrybaconjr's provocative argument -- that there's no commercial future for the kinds of journalism our democracy requires, thus necessitating bold & ambitious plans for creating nonprofit alternatives -- will hopefully (finally!) jump-start urgent conversations. A must read.

[Tom Stites @tomstites]

What humans need from a news story for the facts to get through: hope, agency and dignity. Thanks to Amanda Ripley for this fine essay showing how this is possible. Read it and smile. If you're a journalist, pay attention! https://t.co/K0T75Oinne

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

This is a triumph for bottom-up community journalism, the foundation for models that can serve and engage communities where current models fail. Congratulations, City Bureau! Onward!

[City Bureau @city_bureau]

🥳🎉We’re excited to share big news!🥳🎉

City Bureau and the #DocumentersNetwork won the Stronger Democracy Award which will bring $10 million of funding to expand our participatory civic media network across the country.

Here we go! 🧵 (1/9)

[Tom Stites @tomstites]

This is great news about crucial research, thanks to Medill.

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Not only is BBB of B on B absolutely accurate, so is your alliteration. The easy winner!

[Donald M. Kreis @DMoKreis]

This might be a good time to remind everyone that Kevin Youkilis, guy dubbled the "Greek god of walks" by Billy Beane, ain't Greek -- he's Jewish. Maybe rename him the Bar Mitzvah Boy of Bases on Balls?

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

@VWPickard @Linda_Solomon @sarafischer @NatObserver Check out a thoroughly thought-through reader-owned co-op model for community journalism at https://t.co/ANkEh7KrLa. Six such efforts are in various stages of starting, and many more are interested.

[Nonprofit Quarterly @npquarterly]

As more and more digital #news #co-ops emerge...some are thriving...while others are experiencing some growing pains: https://t.co/hKsvjA9ihE @tomstites #LocalJournalism

[Tom Stites @tomstites]

Good news about news co-ops gathering steam in Baltimore, Pittsburgh and West Virginia --
@bloc_news, @BlackByGodWV, @PGHindependent -- and sad news about a pioneering news co-op, @akrondevilstrip. All this and more in my new piece for @npquarterly: https://t.co/oUoAtgQfbH

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Banyan founder #tomstites's update on news co-ops news for @npquarterly finds two new ones gathering steam and, sadly, the nation's first has ceased publication. And more:
https://t.co/tasFLoh9tR

[Ron Fiorani 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇲🇽🇪🇺🌎 @RonFiorani]

@michikokakutani Reader-owned news co-ops may be the best answer to Alden's depredations.
@BanyanProject

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

@jgksf @akrondevilstrip There's more than one approach to news co-ops, and while I'm saddened to see the Devil Strip go dark, I hope this will be an inflection point that injects new energy into efforts to make news co-ops that thrive. Check out https://t.co/aoojevGiUx.

[Dan Kennedy @dankennedy_nu]

@TimAFranklin @BanyanProject Co-op ownership is like anything else. For-profits live and die, as do nonprofits.

[News Co/Lab @news_collab]

These six simple principles can help stop the misinformation cycle before it begins.
https://t.co/8TGVu9zw9l

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Congratulations! Hey everybody, Zeynep is someone you must read. Clarity and wisdom galore.

[zeynep tufekci @zeynep]

So the news is out. I'm going to be a regular columnist with the New York Times. I started blogging about a decade ago simply because I had things to say, and thought it would be good to have more academic voices in the public sphere. It's been a journey, for sure.

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Banyan is proudly part of the multi-stakeholder co-op economy and is shaped by co-op values. Here's a very different kind of co-op -- Land O' Lakes -- that exemplifies the cooperative way: https://t.co/Vzdqosc3PI

[DisTractNick @ndg1221]

@Zach_Graumann @brittanys Hey Zach! Great and important conversation. In regards to the warped financial incentives in media, I think some cool ideas/solutions to look into would be @tryscroll and also @BanyanProject. Both are very promising, and are approaching this problem in different ways. 👍

[Banyan Project @BanyanProject]

Thanks to all who spread the tweets about Banyan founder @tomstites' @npquarterly piece on #newscoops, particularly @dangilmor, @doctorow, @gijn, @CIMA and @NEDemocracy, whose followers together exceed 600K. Learn more at https://t.co/ANkEh7KrLa. https://t.co/hicXKUeG0H