Citizen Media meets the Newspaper 2.0

Over the weekend, I attended a day-long workshop in Santa Barbara, California, where several dozen people got together to discuss what organizers called “Newspaper 2.0” — the next version of a venerable, and valuable, part of the traditional media ecosystem.

The gathering’s subtext was the rapid decline of the main local daily newspaper. That reality lent a sense of urgency, and opportunity, to the session.