Check out the capsule interview San Francisco Magazine did with me in the current issue of the magazine, in "The Next Big Charity: News." The subhead is: "With newspapers on life support, a new/old solution may provide a cure."
The Public Press is featured in a breakout box alongside David Talbot’s San Francisco Free Press and Louis Freedberg’s CalExpress. It’s on Page 52 of the August 2008 edition.
In the box lableled "San Francisco Public Press," it starts by quoting me:
"We’re trying to essentially reinvent the newspaper industry," says Micahel Stoll, a San Jose State journalism professor who’s looking for grants to start, surprisingly, an actual print newspaper, only one that eschews ads and is funded by a public broadcasting-style subscription base. "I have yet to find anyone who can tell me why the KQED and PBS models won’t work in print," Stoll says. And without the layout constraints of those pesky ads, he adds, the Public Press can be sleeker, thinner, and more eco-friendly.
Hand it to San Francisco Magazine — they boiled down a lot of nuance into an accurate and understandable bite. My only quibble is that thankfully I’m not alone in this endeavor.
