Observers debate what might be lost and what might be gained for journalism in the new territory of digital media; hearty explorers report back on their search for new directions. The articles were published in the Winter 2008 issue of Nieman Reports magazine.

CONTENTS

• To Prepare for the Future, Skip the Present, by Edward Roussel
• Journalism as a Conversation, by Katie King
• Suggest a Topic—And Content Flows to It, by John A. Byrne
• Creating a New Platform to Support Reporting, by David Cohn
• A 21st Century Newswire—Curating the Web With Links, by Josh Korr
• No Time Left for Reluctant Transformers, by Jim Kennedy
• Mapping the Blogosphere: Offering a Guide to Journalism’s Future, by John Kelly
• The End of Journalism as Usual, by Mark Briggs
• The Wikification of Knowledge, by Kenneth S. Kosik
• Media Re:public: My Year in the Church of the Web, by Persephone Miel
• The Wisdom of the Crowd Resides in How the Crowd is Used, by Jeff Howe
• When Journalists Blog: How It Changes What They Do, by Paul Bradshaw
• Digging Into Social Media to Build a Newspaper Audience, by Bill Adee
• Web v. Journalism: Court Cases Challenge Long-Held Principles, by Jane Kirtley
• Ethical Values and Quality Control in the Digital Era, by Bob Steele

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