The Indie Reader: John Douglas Marshall examines the difficulties faced by out-of-work journalists who are trying to reinvent themselves on the Internet. “Even some of the more well-known journalistic presences on the Web are not making a living wage for their efforts there, especially those in arts journalism.”
The New York Times: Remember Ramparts magazine? You should. Jack Shafer reviews “A Bomb in Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America,” by Peter Richardson.
Clay Shirky: Shirky performs a news biopsy of his local paper. How much was the “iron core” of real news, and how much was fluff?
