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From the Columbia Journalism Review: GOOD Magazine recently laid off almost all of their editorial staff, “as part of a a move from being a journalism-focused outlet to a community engagement platform.”

Megan Greenwell, former managing editor at GOOD told CJR: “They said they wanted to be a Reddit for social good.”

Six of GOOD’s nine-person editorial staff were laid off, and two others were offered and accepted buyouts.

But…Reddit does lots of social good, non?

(Source: cjr.org)

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   Feels to me like “We can’t afford to pay real writers, so let’s just cross our fingers and hope the ‘community’ will do...

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   Heh i think there are some good redditors out there… newsweek:

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   Sometimes, except for the raging sexism on Reddit all of the time.

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    Yeah and actually, I had sort of glossed over the “community engagement” part when I first read this, but on second...

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    But…Reddit does lots of social good, non?

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