Will the Huffington Post strategy pay off?
The website has expanded, boasts plenty of visitors and vows to become profitable. But it faces many of the same problems ‘old’ media outlets confront.


Huffington Post on saving journalism
Everyone seems to agree that we need save journalism as we watch newspapers slowly sink into insolvency. Many newspapers, magazines, blogs, commissions, and even the government have taken up the question of saving journalism. What are the possibilities?

Georgie Ann Geyer: The price of citizen journalism is high
Geyer of the News-Herald in northern Ohio takes a look at citizen journalism. “The optimists and media millennialists among us want to believe that every change brings with it its concomitant blessing — they see the deaths of so many newspapers and the birth of the blogger and the Internet news agencies as great steps forward toward ‘citizen journalism’ and becoming ‘global netizens.’ But what about the costs?

Chris Henry Accident Shines Light on Twitter, Online Journalism Flaws
NFL player’s “death” came about through online chatter.

CPJ: Journalist Death hit record in 2009
The number of journalists killed around the world in 2009 rose to a record 68 after a massacre in the Philippines, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. The press freedom group said the 2009 tally compared to 42 deaths in 2008 and surpassed the previous record of 67 deaths in 2007.

Miami Herald to Online Users: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Heart’s Reach Grows

Newsweek sells Budget Travel magazine

Sony E-Reader to Offer Journal Subscriptions – Paid content access only

Can Editor & Publisher be saved?

Charging Your Readers More for Less — Bad Idea?

Top 50 Twitter Topics of the Year – You guessed it! Tiger Woods, Michael Jackson and “New Moon” are high on the list – but what’s number one?

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