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Roy Greenslade: "Lewis Dvorkin says they receive monthly stipends, and some get incentive-based pay, driven by the traffic they attract to the site. But they also have the option of sharing advertising revenue and taking a stake in the company.
In other words, this True/Slant is clearly trying to create a three-way relationship between journalists, readers and advertisers. Is that the future? It certainly seems appealing."
Thoughts on social media, business and journalism from Suw and Kevin Charman-Anderson
About the authors
Suw Charman-Anderson
Suw Charman-Anderson is a social software consultant and writer who specialises in the use of blogs and wikis behind the firewall. With a background in journalism, publishing and web design, Suw is now one of the UK's best known bloggers, frequently speaking at conferences and seminars.
Her personal blog is Chocolate and Vodka, and yes, she's married to Kevin.
Kevin Anderson
Kevin Anderson is a freelance journalist and digital strategist with more than a decade of experience with the BBC and the Guardian. He has been a digital journalist since 1996 with experience in radio, television, print and the web. As a journalist, he uses blogs, social networks, Web 2.0 tools and mobile technology to break news, to engage with audiences and tell the story behind the headlines in multiple media and on multiple platforms.
From 2009-2010, he was the digital research editor at The Guardian where he focused on evaluating and adapting digital innovations to support The Guardian’s world-class journalism. He joined The Guardian in September 2006 as their first blogs editor after 8 years with the BBC working across the web, television and radio. He joined the BBC in 1998 to become their first online journalist outside of the UK, working as the Washington correspondent for BBCNews.com.
And, yes, he's married to Suw.
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