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  • WSJ: We the (Media) People -- Welcome to the World of News Without Newspapers

    05/31/2005 5:58:01 AM PDT · by OESY · 14 replies · 633+ views
    Wall Street Journal ^ | May 31, 2005 | GLENN HARLAN REYNOLDS
    The news business is in trouble. Readership and viewership are declining, public trust is plummeting, and advertisers are beginning to wonder whether they're getting their money's worth. This has led people to think about what blogger and tech journalist Doc Searls calls business models for "news without newspapers," an approach to reporting and disseminating news that doesn't depend on layers of editors for publication, and big ads from carmakers for funding. Nobody's sure just how to do that yet. That's likely to change, though. Already we're seeing a lot of reporting from non-journalists, where the "reporter" is just whoever happens...