Journatics

Just one more convulsion in the death of newspapers, or a wake-up call?

Moore insisted that all the writing and editing is being done here in the U.S., and Timpone told “This American Life” the same. He said foreign writers only gather information and they may write a lead as well. “This American Life” then reached out to Filipino writers to ask them what, in fact, they did. They could only get one foreign Journatic worker on tape, and he didn’t want to risk his job by being named. When asked if he wrote the stories, not just gathered information for them, he uttered just one word: yes.

The reason this is on the front page without a direct link to North Carolina is because I want to make sure it doesn't develop said link.