The trials and tribulations of America's daily newspapers are well known. Papers across the country are dangerously in the red, and they're cutting loose top reporters and editors to make the bottom line. But some people are suggesting that newspapers can chart a path for survival by forgoing their goal of turning a profit. We explore whether the non-profit model can work in the newspaper universe.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2009-02-11/non-profit-newspapers
Non-Profit Newspapers?
Listen Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy
CD or 
TRANSCRIPT of this program.
Guests
Steve Coll
President and CEO, New America Foundation; Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Charles Lewis
Distinguished Journalist in Residence, School of Communication, American University; Founder, Center for Public Integrity; Founder, Fund for Independence in Journalism
Jonathan Weber
Founder, Publisher and CEO, New West; Contributor, The Big Money, Slate.com
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