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How Watchdog City works for you
Slashed newsrooms mean fewer independent, non-partisan reporters and fewer eyes on the public's business. When you click "Buy it Now," you keep a Watchdog City Press journalist digging into the public's business for you. With your support, you unleash the journalism that's been silenced by corporate cutbacks. These are the stories in your city that aren't being told. When you buy good stories that seek truth and the public good, stories that expose injustice, stories that report on issues in your community with fairness and accuracy, stories that defend the public's right to know, stories that respect human dignity, stories that discover and teach, then you unleash the watchdogs. You change the planet.
Founded by independent investigative reporters, Watchdog City's marketplace creates a system that allows individual journalists to sell their stories directly to the public. We built Watchdog City so you, the public, can put reporters back to work. When you buy good stories from these independent, non-partisan reporters you support their work. Participating Watchdog City Press journalists distinguish themselves by pledging to uphold standards of journalistic integrity that preserve independence and maintain credibility.
You decide if these journalists are successful by buying their stories and evaluating their work for other news consumers. You help protect journalism's core values by buying from Watchdog City Press journalists who pledge to uphold the Watchdog City Code of Ethics, which draws on the broad principles of the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics, but also includes specific rules and practices in place at major news organizations that protect credibility with standards to prevent conflicts of interest and forbid partisanship.
For buyers -- the reading, viewing and listening public -- Watchdog City offers:
- More independent, non-partisan journalists with their eyes on the public's business.
- The reassurance that sellers who call themselves journalists abide by traditional ethical standards of the craft.
- A place to purchase quality written, photo, video and audio journalism directly from journalists.
- A way to find stories that big corporate media outlets aren't covering.
- The opportunity to rate journalists and help rebuild and sustain watchdog journalism.
- A place to purchase quality written, photo, video and audio content from bloggers offering ideas and expertise on a wide array of topics.
- The opportunity to rate the work of bloggers and help shape the blogosphere into a productive and civil marketplace for ideas.
- An opportunity to engage with Watchdog City Press journalists and Watchdog City Bloggers and share your comments and ask questions.
For Journalists, Watchdog City offers:
- A way to work independently while distinguishing yourself as a Watchdog City Press journalist who abides by ethical standards that maintain non-partisan independence and protect credibility.
- A marketplace to sell your written, photo, video and audio news reporting directly to the public.
- A secure setting that protects your copyrights and prevents buyers from disseminating your work to others who have not paid you. You, or your designated organization, retain your copyrights.
- Social media tools to help you market your work and grow your buyer audience.
- Automatic email updates to subscribers to your wire when you post new stories.
- Analytic and dashboard tools to help you keep track of your written, photo, video or audio news producing business.
- Feedback from your audience to help you grow as a journalist.
- A way to keep quality journalism alive.
For the Watchdog City Blogger, this marketplace offers:
- A way to work independently and distinguish yourself as a Watchdo City Blogger who abides by standards of quality.
- A place to sell your written, photo, video or audio works directly to the public.
- A secure setting that protects your copyrights and prevents buyers from disseminating your work to others who have not paid you.
- Social media tools to help you market your work and grow your buyer audience.
- Auotmatic email updates to subscribers to your wire when you post new stories.
- Analytic and dashboard tools to help you keep track of your written, photographic, video or audio content producing business.
- Feedback from your audience to help you grow.
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