A few years ago there was a lot of talk about the new blog and community friendly Greensboro News-Record and how it was about to remake itself. Then in January of 2005, editor John Robinson told Mark Tosczak of the Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area:
“The discussion and the expectations for us has way [...]
As the new equity partner management has gone on a slash the newsroom rampage at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, Joel Kramer, the paper’s former editor and publisher, has been working on a plan to provide an alternative online news site. In a Minnesota Public Radio piece he said he has been talking to people [...]
Kevin Sites, Yahoo’s solo journalist, who last year traveled the world’s Hot Zones, is back doing videos on People of the Web. One is of a guy who outs gay politicians.who speak out against gays. Another is a guy who started Cop Watch and another is a Christian Evangelist. Each episode has an edge, and [...]
Dan Gillmor writes in the San Francisco Chronicle:
…if the issue is the future of journalism — as opposed to corporate business models — there’s at least as much reason for optimism as paranoia. The same technologies that are disrupting the news industry are offering unprecedented opportunities for creating a more diverse, and ultimately more vibrant, [...]
Douglas A. Ferguson, who is finishing up this editorship of the Journal of Radio Studies asks if is time for a name change to the Journal of Radio and Mobile Media. Of course, the real question is in his headline: Whither Radio. The AEJMC’s Civic Journalism Interest Group had is own name change a couple [...]
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.