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News and articles of interest in the past couple of weeks

A scenario for news – BuzzMachine

Jarvis covers how he thinks news will evolve as we move from analog to digital. Important to note the parallels to community organizing, and rethink the core value of journalism.

6 Newspaper sections rendered obsolete by the web – 10,000 Words

Argues that there are at least 6 sections “rendered obsolete” by the web, which I think opens an interesting discussion about the newspaper itself. One conclusion is that, if newspapers tank, all we really lose is the local hardball news. Both the post and the comment thread are worth reading.

Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs – The New York Times

The good news: there are online-only news organizations springing up to take on the responsibility of investigative journalism. The semi-bad news: there isn’t enough advertising revenue to make them financially sustainable (many are non-profit and foundation-supported).

via the CoPress Newsgroup on Publish2