The new news

  • Jan Schaffer

08 September 2010Matching the civic demand for news with civic sustainability continues to be the challenge, says Jan Schaffer in her closing address to last week's New News Conference

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AS I LOOK at how the media ecosystem is evolving in communities large and small across the United States, I am much more optimistic than pessimistic that citizens will get their information needs met. However, I also think that traditional journalists will play a smaller – albeit still important – role as the gatherers and disseminators of news.

The New News will give other kinds of people important roles to play. They include citizen media makers, partnership coordinators, fact entrepreneurs, creative technologists, philanthropic foundations, universities, advocacy groups and even governments…

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By Jan Schaffer is a Pulitzer Prize winner and Executive Director of the Insitute for Interactive Journalism (J-Lab)

Photo: Camilo Jimenez/ iStockphoto

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