Is Gawker's dying good for journalism?

But coming to the important question – is ethical journalism/investigative journalism dying? It's not completely dead, yet, but most certainly will suffer the slow death. In dark times people need light and journalism at its best can provide it. read more

That doesn’t mean Gawker was per se “bad for journalism”. It may have spawned copycats doing the same stuff, but whatever. They have every right to exist and find their audience as long as they are sustainable. read more

So it’s farewell, then, to Gawker. After 14 years of dancing on the edge of ethical probity and legal propriety, doing some good journalism as well as some less good, the New York-based website – an online blend of investigation, gossip, commentary and satire – has been forced out of business. read more