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From the desk of Robert Rappaport on Tuesday, April 7th 2009 at 7:55

A NEW COLLABORATION

When newspaper reporters lose their jobs, where do they head? The answer, in a couple of communities, is Public Broadcasting.

The PBS/NPR trade journal Current has a story about new collaborations being formed in this tough economy that is wiping out old-school newspapers.

Groundbreaking collaborations are beginning to surface as public broadcasting stations partner with laid-off print journalists to bolster multiplatform local and regional reporting. In St. Louis, 14 former newspaper reporters now work at desks at public TV station KETC. A similar relationship is just getting under way at KCTS-TV in Seattle, with reporters moving in just last week. Though future business models and financial relationships remain undefined, pubcasters and newspaper journalists are finding that their missions mesh nicely. Both work to keep the community informed and involved in public affairs. Both value their roles in educating viewers and readers. Both are passionate about those goals and have high standards.

You can read the entire article here.

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