Totally agree. A public fund (independently managed) should be used to support the reporting of courts, councils, public bodies and investigative journalism. I cover courts and so many trials are not covered by any journalists because editors and news editors either don't have the staff to send or would rather deploy their reporters on showbiz or other stories which are more guaranteed to bring clicks and ad revenue. I have set up a Substack to showcase my court reporting - https://totalcrime.substack.com/ (it's free to subscribe)
Totally agree. A public fund (independently managed) should be used to support the reporting of courts, councils, public bodies and investigative journalism. I cover courts and so many trials are not covered by any journalists because editors and news editors either don't have the staff to send or would rather deploy their reporters on showbiz or other stories which are more guaranteed to bring clicks and ad revenue. I have set up a Substack to showcase my court reporting - https://totalcrime.substack.com/ (it's free to subscribe)