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THE NEWS BUSINESS: OUT OF PRINT

The death and life of the American newspaper. by Eric Alterman MARCH 31, 2008 Arianna Huffington questions newspapers’“veneer of unassailable trustworthiness.” KEYWORDS Newspapers; Internet; Huffington Post; Huffington Arianna; Keller, Bill; Talking Points Memo; Peretti, Jonah he American newspaper has been around for approximately three hundred years. Benjamin Harris’s spirited Publick Occurrences, Both Forreign and Domestick managed just one issue, in 1690, before the Massachusetts authorities closed it down. Harris had suggested a politically incorrect hard line on Indian removal and shocked local sensibilities by reporting that the King of France had been taking liberties with the Prince’s wife.

Citizen journalism sites feature strong gatekeepers

Researchers from the Missouri School of Journalism, Michigan State, and Ohio University completed Phase I of a study of citizen journalism sites. They found that local citizen sites are growing and that those managing those sites often assume the role of traditional journalism gatekeepers.