The economics makes socially responsible journalism a public good — the kind of thing that we value as a society, but none of us is willing to pay for

According to Nieman's what once was an anomaly in the world of media is becoming a business model in its own right.

They are talking about not for profit journalism which

with new nonprofit newsrooms launching every month. Many are doing the kind of difficult work that for-profit newspapers are shirking — investigative, enterprise, watchdog and explanatory journalism. It’s the good stuff we need to keep democracy working.

Driven by the current economic circumstances in the industry

The economics makes socially responsible journalism a public good — the kind of thing that we value as a society, but none of us is willing to pay for individually.