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Young Voices in The Future of News -- Connection, Conversation, Community

Jose Antonio Vargas | Posted 12.01.2009 | Technology


Jose Antonio Vargas

It's time for young journalists and, just as important, young technologists to show how news is expanding and being re-defined in a world under Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.

EveryBlock Acquired By MSNBC.com

AP | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media


CHICAGO — As they try to stay relevant in the digital age, some very big news companies are starting to focus on very small beats. On Monday th...

Chicago News Blogs Have Put Enough Skin in the Game

Sally Duros | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago


Sally Duros

For nearly two decades, newspapers have been challenged to evolve into knowledge-based organizations capable of adapting to the innovations of the Web. Instead of progressing, they've been traded as chits in a greedy money-grab game by short-sighted media conglomerates.