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"The mainstream press in America is so conservative," Elliott says. "Where are the DVD giveaways, where are the special promotions like in Britain? Look at the sports pages! They write about sport like they do City Hall. Where is the sense of fun?"

Bogler reported that one of the key things the FT did when the magnitude of the story unfolding became clear was rethink the entire layout of the paper. To ensure that the FT provided enough space to deliver comprehensive coverage, it cleared the first four pages of previously planned stories and bumped them further inside.

"There is only one problem with Twitter. When it comes to reliable information, the followed aren't always very reliable."

According to a panel discussion held at the University of Maryland-College Park, the journalists of the future will be less wedded to individual institutions like the New York Times and instead will operate in a world in which they must continuously market themselves to multiple news organizations.

So whether you're already in journalism and wondering about what direction your career should take (besides down), or a terribly misguided young go-getter looking to get into journalism, we're here to help.

In many ways, Wednesday's release of an updated front page to Google Blog Search has put blog news tracking into the limelight. Google didn't get there first though. Sites like Techmeme, Blogrunner, and Technorati have been tracking the hottest blog posts for quite some time.

The Star Tribune of Minneapolis said on Wednesday that it had stopped making payments on its debts, the latest evidence of the trouble the newspaper industry is having with debt loads it took on in 2006 and 2007.

The Internet has a hunger for physical media. Magazines and newspapers are consumed everyday by the electrical powers that exist within the common broadband box. In order for journalism to move towards the future, newspapers require accessibility through the Internet.

Some take that to mean that she doesn’t read newspapers. Somehow that it is a bad thing. In reality, that just makes Palin in touch with the average American — who also doesn’t read newspapers.