"Chad King" is a fake byline.
It’s become clear that Journatic has some problems: Using incorrect or fictional bylines, plus plagiarism and fabrication of news.
But what if it didn’t?
Could Journatic’s model of cost-efficient outsourced journalism offer a viable future for hyperlocal news? If its ethics and standards of quality were exemplary, would it otherwise serve a community’s needs?
Most signs say: no.
Jeff Sonderman is a digital media fellow at the Poynter Institute.
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