I've got enough physical material ready to put together a newspaper... but not enough fodder to fill the actual columns with content. Puts a kibosh on the whole operation, doesn't it? Sss, sss, sss. No one wants to read a blank paper, no matter how nice the pages look.
So, I need stories. Lots of stories. Enough stories that, if I was going to do this all be myself, it'd take days to write out, even if I was working flat out, morning to night. --Especially since I just got here and hardly anyone knows me. I'm not exactly operating on home territory.
But, I can't wait too long either, or else I risk losing the impression that a newspaper existing here is "normal".
Given this, I intend to rush out a paper as soon as possible. People start reading, it gains some amount of followers, more contributors join, pretty soon it's on a level of popularity and regularity I can afford to start thinking about income. Start charging for classifieds, and such. Not much; I'm a journalist, not a businesswoman, but enough to keep it sustainable and make sure everyone involved gets compensated.
Then, voila! The Cerealia Times is strong, and it's a victory for the free press. Heck, maybe it'll encourage others, or at least get us more answers about what's going on from the CERES people.
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It's... ambitious... but so am I.
I've got enough physical material ready to put together a newspaper... but not enough fodder to fill the actual columns with content. Puts a kibosh on the whole operation, doesn't it? Sss, sss, sss. No one wants to read a blank paper, no matter how nice the pages look.
So, I need stories. Lots of stories. Enough stories that, if I was going to do this all be myself, it'd take days to write out, even if I was working flat out, morning to night. --Especially since I just got here and hardly anyone knows me. I'm not exactly operating on home territory.
But, I can't wait too long either, or else I risk losing the impression that a newspaper existing here is "normal".
Given this, I intend to rush out a paper as soon as possible. People start reading, it gains some amount of followers, more contributors join, pretty soon it's on a level of popularity and regularity I can afford to start thinking about income. Start charging for classifieds, and such. Not much; I'm a journalist, not a businesswoman, but enough to keep it sustainable and make sure everyone involved gets compensated.
Then, voila! The Cerealia Times is strong, and it's a victory for the free press. Heck, maybe it'll encourage others, or at least get us more answers about what's going on from the CERES people.
What do you think?