“Will P.R. pros take the baton of investigative journalism?” wonders Tim Cavanaugh at Reason, arguing that such a baton-pass wouldn’t be as bad as, to some ears, it sounds.
Well, there’ll be an actual journalist http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003974848″>writes, “as a symbol of the decline of newspapers or at least online news sites coming of age.”
Some clue to how Roberts views his move: “With all the financial pressures roiling newspapers,” Roberts said, “it makes sense to replicate their public service and investigative mission in the nonprofit world.”
Liz Cox Barrett is a writer at CJR.