[mmhsieh]

what is really the minimally-functional enterprise size for a journalistic organization? you need reporters, editors and fact-checkers. that is the atlantic model. or, if you want just reporters, we can have pure indy reporting on massive platforms where it is a pure marketplace of ideas. the future does not appear to favor the atlantic model.

[minimaxir]

Off the top of my head:

- Sales (for ads/sponsorship to actually make said revenue)

- Tech (for managing said traffic to make said revenue)

- Social media/distribution (for sourcing said traffic to make said revenue)

- Data Analysis (for analyzing all of the above)

- Legal (not directly related to revenue but is essentially required for journalism at this level)

Even the "indie" journalists often have teams in these areas working for them, just with less visibility.

[mmhsieh]

you are right, the overhead is bigger than i thought. i suppose if one wants to be a youtube journalist, google somewhat takes over the role of sales, tech, social media, and even data analysis if you count their optimization of pushing your videos to key users. either you pay out of pocket or put yourself at the mercy of google.