The TwitterIran movement has raised the stakes in the online vs. paper news debate. There's no question: it's no longer about commerce, it's about our freedoms globally.

Newspapers and newsrooms are to democracy like wellness centers are to medical treatment. Newsrooms are the places that track the pulse...

Show us the money.

"Us" being the new newsrooms.

The whole world has weighed in on solutions: Combine online with newsprint, news blogs with legacy investigative reporters, news aggregation with editorial curation, then crowd-fund, throw in some Google analytics, and subscription and accessibility fan clubs.

I'm not making...

Veteran journalists I know really enjoyed seeing themselves played by Russell Crowe in the recent film State of Play.

Handsome, disheveled, world weary and all-knowing, worn down by the events he views and records, Cal is still honest to a fault. Me, I am not as veteran as most...

Does a social enterprise hold promise for the future of newsrooms in Chicago?

"Yes," said Terry Mazany, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chicago Community Trust.

It was hard to hear Mazany over the din of 400 chattering reporters, editors, bloggers, photogs, commentators and independents from all...

Chicago's newspapers could find a lifeline to solvency and a return to social purpose in a new kind of business structure called an L3C, or low-profit limited liability company.

Why is that?

Illinois foundations have $350 billion in assets and they are required to invest...