Thread by @gathara

@khadijapatel Is independent public funding for private media or public owned media a solution to the media "sustainability" crisis? If media is a public interest function, shouldn't the public pay to "sustain" it? #journalismfestival

I wonder whether we've reached the limit of a model of private for-profit media enterprises serving a public interest function (assuming they ever did). #IJF22

If independent journalism is a critical public good, what exactly should it be independent from? Is it just the state or should it also be independent of "the market"? @khadijapatel #IJF22

Is it realistic to expect good independent journalism to pay its way? Is it possible to channel public support and funding to "independent" media organizations and journalism? #IJF22

And by public funding, I do not mean government funding.