Fantastic! Yes I agree this has the makings to be a great platform for grassroots journalism. Can you rebuild what you had with Grasswire on Steemit?
I don't trust anything I see on TV or even online these days. A lot of it is either propaganda or fiction. Grassroots journalism can really expose the whole media sham.
I have to think about it - the real-time aspect would be difficult, but I think you could technically do the majority of it. Markdown text isn't the best format... hmm...
I think it would be fine to start with the Steemit news section to build the content up a bit, but you can always customize a website to plug into the Steem blockchain API . The blockchain is censorship resistant too!