David Black

“How do you empower the journalists to get and tell and improve stories using any and all appropriate media, tools, and connections, anytime?”

“KingsplaceinteriorLondonist scooped us all by getting a look inside Guardian News & Media’s new HQ at King’s Cross.”

“The answer’s not that complicated – it has to do with why consumers are defecting to markets, networks, and communities in the first place: to economize on attention.”

“One morning last week, I went to the Telegraph’s offices hard by Victoria station to see the brand new newsroom they love to brag about.”

“one of the secrets of success in Web 2.0 is to harness self-interest, not volunteerism, in a natural ‘architecture of participation’.”

“our attention span will hit a wall. It’s why people migrate from site to site and few have staying power”

“The State of the News Media 2007 is the fourth edition of our annual report on the health and status of American journalism.”

“Little Newspapers Prosper With Narrow Focus on Very Local News: If there’s any good news about the businesses of newspapering these days, it can be found at the industry’s littlest papers, which are doing well even as their bigger brothers founder.”