Here are few of many questions that get answered at the Electronic Freedom Foundation about the rights of student bloggers:
So Can I Criticize Teachers on My Blog?
Can Public High School Administrators Censor What I Say in a School-Hosted Blog or Other School-Sponsored Publication?
Can I Publish Sexual Content on My Blog?
Thanks to Smart [...]
Earlier this month there was a lot made of newspapers continung circulation decline.
However AdAge.com reminds us that there was another side of the same study. The article says in part:
The readership study also expands beyond print readers to count a newspaperâs Web site visitors. Newspapers own 11 of the top 25 online news and [...]
An Open Letter to Romenesko and the Journalism Industry
Floyd Norris of the International Herald Tribune writes:
The consensus Wall Street view of newspapers now is that they are a dying breed, destined to wither under relentless competition from the likes of Google.
Profits may be good now, but they will not last, as circulation declines and advertisers [...]
When Cole Campbell and I launched our year long Journalism and the Public: Restoring the Trust project, people of color said: What do you mean restoring? They felt the trust was never there in the first place. So at our conference A Wake Up Call: Can Quality and Trust Save Journalism? we put that issues [...]
Steve Outing has an excellent column asking what will become of investigative reporting in light of newsroom cutbacks.
Here is one excerpt of many I could have pulled:
Brant Houston, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, says the days of big newspaper investigative teams are long over, and new forms of investigative journalism are emerging. [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.