Journalism, like busking, is the practice of performing news in public places for tips and gratitude.
An indelicate definition but, considering 10 straight quarters of decline, the newspaper industry is not too far from becoming donation-based. Today, when a person pays for the news it’s by choice, rather than need.
This is not to say that we don’t value a good busker. When getting news online, sites operated by traditional media companies seem to be the most popular and trusted. Even though a slew of amateur reporters have entered the market, people still skew toward high quality output, choosing newspapers over blogs – but not paying for either.
