Prompt: Why does ProPublica use Creative Commons licenses?
ProPublica uses Creative Commons licenses to give readers and follows the ability to share the stories posted on the site. ProPublica does this to increase their readership and the public impact of those pieces. ProPublic and Creative Commons differ from traditional media licenses in that sharing and copying are encouraged. This encouragement is bound by the agreement of the person/site sharing to note that ProPublica is the source of the story and to include the Propublica "PixelPing." This HTML tag, called PixelPing. allow Propublica to track the hits on a particular story in a non-invasive way. This allows them to further track readership and helps them to determine what types stories to pursue in the future. I think that ProPublica is the future of traditional journalism. The site is a great example of a sharing economy. The use of Creative Commons makes it even easier to pass information through the internet without hinderance
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