Future of News

FTC Panel On Future Of Journalism: Murdoch Advocates Paid Content

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — Media companies need to deliver compelling information on a variety of electronic devices and overcome readers' resistance to payin...

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.

State of Pay: A Chicago News-Blog Suspense Story

Sally Duros | Posted 06.29.2009 | Chicago


Sally Duros

Our emerging newsrooms will be staffed in part by a generation of newshounds -- yes, journalists -- who've taken on the task of news delivery through the Web on their own.

Ken Lerer, Huffington Post Co-Founder on the Future of Journalism

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2009 | Media


Martha St Jean

Lerer said, "Traditional media outlets could have developed online," but four things came together creating what he termed the "perfect storm."