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Who covers your state legislature? A disturbing report from Pew Research, if you care about democracy

It’s well-known that digital disruption has wrecked havoc on the nation’s newsrooms. What’s less documented is how that disruption has played out on specific types of news and in specific geographic areas. Pew Research Center has analyzed number of full-time reporters covering state politics in every state. Using population as the relational variable, they’ve identified […]

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Media Web/Tech

WWW2010: The Future of News Media

Notes from THE FUTURE OF THE MEDIA AND THE WEB, organized by PAUL JONES, leader of ibiblio.org and a local co-chair of the WWW2010 conference; panelists include DOC SEARLS, DAN CONOVER,MICHAEL CLEMENTE, PENNY ABERNATHY, SAM MATHENY

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Convergence Media

Rupert Murdoch: Journalism and Freedom – A Rebuttal

In an op-ed at his flagship Wall Street Journal today, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch rehashed some of his recent barbs (such as claims of fair use abuses) while wrapping News Corp with the American flag. With a nod to Jay Rosen’s brilliant analysis of “information wants to be free” criticism, I tackle a few […]