In Chicago, a bunch of former Tribune journalists have formed the Chicago News Cooperative . Their stories print twice a week in the local edition of the New York Times. As a result, they tend to be feature based as opposed to breaking news similar to the current version of the Capital Times in Madison, WI.The United Press International, Inc. started as a co-operative of newspapers to help cover the world's events more effectively. I am not sure what the structure of the CNC is, but have sent them some questions.What would a cooperative newspaper look like? Could it be a multi-stakeholder coop of news consumers and journalists or could that create too many conflicts if members were the subject of news stories? A reader/worker news coop would certainly be interesting and provide some needed stabilityI think that a worker co-operative newspaper (web based or print) could be very functional and revive the failing industry. Without the drive for profits facing the reporters and editors (just a focus on sustainability), they could create a very strong journalistic product. I've wondered with all of the people forced out of journalism over the last 5 years why a new cooperative hasn't been tried.I am looking to getting a response from CNC.