State of the Media 2008 Suggests Opportunities, Directions for New Ventures

"Younger audiences, it turns out, are interested in news. But they want it from new platforms that can deliver it in new ways and on the consumers’ new terms."That sounds like opportunity knocking to me. Every year, the Project for Excellence in Journalism completes a...

"Following Facts, instead of stopping short out of Fear"

Robert Niles nails it in his recent OJR piece on how to keep your journalism job. Niles is exactly right when he says that readers want reporters who follow the "...facts where they lead, instead of stopping short out of fear that someone doesn't like that." As one who has a...

Blogging Into The Mainstream

"It means we're going to have more journalists, not less,'' Jarvis says. "Just because newspapers are shrinking doesn't mean journalism will shrink."And my fellow journalism faculty used to tell me blogs had nothing to do with journalism. So it goes.