Burgess COMMENTARY
There are some organizations worth supporting ... and this may be one of them. The state of journalism is trending down with many factors at play. The basic mission to be a source of information important to the public has been preempted by commercialism and a mission to earn profit for the owners. At the same time there has been a revolution in the technology now available to communicate ... and the old business models do not work. Journalism is as important as ever ... and this organization is engaged in journalism that is worth a damn!
Peter Burgess

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