fix journalism a conversation about journalism’s future

As sources of information proliferate, journalists are losing their special status as the town crier, telling us new and surprising and important things about our world. With information coming at us directly from every source imaginable, journalism gets lost in the avalanche of information overload. A recent article called Overload! Journalism’s battle for relevance in [...]

Even if you’re not a journalist, information is readily available from most public agencies. From campaign donations to the full text of a bill going through congress, the words and numbers are there — but they may be difficult to find, let alone understand. Donica recently passed on an article by Amy Gahran from poynter.org [...]