. . . not that there is anything wrong with this;

A group of South Dakota journalists announced Tuesday they are starting a nonprofit to provide more in-depth coverage of topics across the state.

The South Dakota News Watch team brings decades of experience in the state’s two biggest print newsrooms, with three ex-Argus Leader editors and a former editor of the Rapid City Journal involved in the inception of the fledgling news service.

The group’s two paid staff members, Executive Director Maricarrol Kueter and investigative reporter Bart Pfankuch, aim to provide free news coverage that can be used by other media outlets in the state.

“Every newspaper in South Dakota, every radio station and every TV station, starting today, has a new investigative reporter on their staff,” Pfankuch said. “And that’s me.”

I just find it funny they are essentially setting up a blog that will regurgitate news across the state while adding their own content. Essentially doing what blogs in SD have been doing for years.

9 Thoughts on “Non-Profit to replicate what the blogs in SD have been doing for years

  1. Don’t worry, you and Cory are Teslas, while the others are merely a Bolt.

  2. My Mistake Mike on February 14, 2018 at 3:39 pm said:

    Before there were bloggers …

    Not too many years ago, the Associated Press had reporters and editors staffed in bureaus across South Dakota and a cooperative of newsrooms throughout the state. It was a very necessary public service.

    When it died, so did real investigative journalism in South Dakota. I’m not sure that South Dakota News Watch can muster the same resources and enthusiasm. We shall wait and see.

  3. We need more students to go into journalism and not so much vocational education….

  4. The D@ily Spin on February 14, 2018 at 5:04 pm said:

    This gives you access as media. You can no longer be excluded. Is there lawsuit potential with damages? The blog thing is becoming accepted news. Newspapers are still good for use in outdoor bathrooms. Magazines are to slick. Lately, there seems to be bias (fake news) in media so they don’t lose advertisers. Blogs can be closer to real news. Comments (not available in media) clarify and/or argue topics.

  5. The Guy from Guernsey on February 14, 2018 at 7:47 pm said:

    Whole lot of chiefs in that group …

  6. The Guy from Guernsey on February 14, 2018 at 7:55 pm said:

    ‘… South Dakota News Watch is not a group of “angry former journalists” …’
    Agreed.
    A more appropriate descriptor would be a group of `angry former print news executives’.

  7. Who fought the blogs and online news for years.

  8. So what do you think—are they good enough to warrant a place in the SD Blogosphere RSS feeds yet?

    https://www.sdnewswatch.org/

    The financial supporters are existing newspapers and KELO TV.

    https://www.sdnewswatch.org/about/faq/

  9. My Mistake Mike on February 15, 2018 at 1:23 pm said:

    LMAO! So much for accuracy. They misspelled Cory Myers name!

    Q. Who’s on the board of South Dakota News Watch?
    A. Jay Huizenga, Jon Hunter, Arnold Garson, Christine Hamilton, Cory Meyers, Bill Duhamel, Shannon Brinker, Beck and Marsh.

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