What Blockchain Could Mean for the Future of Journalism — from mediablog.prnewswire.com by Julian Dossett
Excerpt:
The digital era has utterly changed the way readers interact with the news.
Traditional news outlets struggle to remain relevant as the media sector’s influence is refocused online.
Journalism in the U.S. faces a number of challenges that blockchain technology has the potential to address and possibly solve — if the technology actually can achieve what it promises.
2018 itself has seen journalism move into uncharted waters as the industry comes up against issues, stemming from the continued digital migration of news organizations.
Because blockchain functions as a platform to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions, there are a few news organizations that believe blockchain technology finally will enable micropayments to be widely adopted in the U.S.