The National Union of Journalists and the Media Reform Coalition are hoping to urge politicians to add a new amendment to the current digital economy bill going through parliament. The new amendment would force digital giants such as Google or Facebook to fund public service reporting and citizen journalism in Britain. This proposed fee would be a 1% levy that would go to the public service reporters.
- Proposed 1% fee payed to citizen journalists
- Channel 4 used this strategy in the past
- National Union of Journalist's general secretary says it is a "necessity"
Personally, I think an amendment like this is somewhat crucial in the new age of digital media. This type of amendment would keep the interest of the public and society in the form of journalism intact, as it would promote the ideologies of citizen journalism in society. Furthermore, it will encourage citizen journalists to work harder for the interest of society and public service as there will be a fee for their work which will also encourage them to strive for greater accuracy in their work, thus no longer reducing the amount of clickbait articles and increasing the quality of overall citizen journalism and social media news.
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