— Frédéric Filloux sees flickers of hope for a business model for news. But first:
…before going any further, I want to make sure readers…have fully abandoned all hope for any turnaround whatsoever in newspaper business. Let’s face it: our beloved trade is spiraling down. We’ll see many fatalities and, of course, a few survivors.
— David [...]

— Adrian Monck is writing a series of posts on the interplay between journalism and democracy. In this one, he discusses the alternative sources of information for citizens.
— Bill Densmore (and others) are reporting from their meeting in Missouri around the Information Valet Project.
— James Gleick argues the book-publishing industry should go back to the [...]

— Matt Thompson argues coverage of the 2008 campaign was the best in history. The key takeaway, though:
I’m a politics junkie who’s willing to devote untold hours to the task of tailoring my coverage to suit my information needs. For someone like me, the diversity and breadth of information on the Web is perfect. But [...]

The people at blog vendor Six Apart asked me to make a list of the top 10 blogs about the future of journalism. In alphabetical order:
— Adrian Monck, the head of a UK journalism school and a smart commentator, particularly on the more academic/philosophy-of-journalism side;
— BuzzMachine, Ron Rosenbaum’s favorite blog;
— Content Bridges, the blog of [...]