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1. Currents

   The Velvet Rope

   January 24, 2012 06:00 AM

   If print media is truly in an advanced stage of decline, if journalism’s great hope is online, why do journalists still like so very much to see their names in print? By now, it ought to be... Continue reading

2. Currents

   Long-Form Saviors

   January 8, 2011 06:40 PM

   Reading long articles online invites a thicket of distraction—ads, teasers for slideshows, videos, links hawking penny stocks and personal injury lawyers—all aimed at squeezing another click, another page view, another ad impression, out of the reader. When we print... Continue reading

3. Reports

   Serious Fun With Numbers

   November 9, 2010 08:00 AM

   The story was already great, even before Daniel Gilbert opened his first spreadsheet. Thousands of citizens in the southern Virginia area Gilbert covered for the Bristol Herald Courier (daily circulation: 30,000) had leased their mineral rights to oil and... Continue reading

4. Behind the News

   The Future of Journalism?

   October 27, 2010 01:14 PM

   This fall, the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference offered college football fans more original content than ever, posting preview stories, in-game quarterly recaps, and immediate post-game analysis online—and all of it was created by a computer. The company behind... Continue reading

5. Short Takes

   Bold Move

   July 2, 2010 03:18 PM

   Last Fall, a new, city-mag-style Web site quietly planted its flag in the crowded San Francisco blogosphere. There was no launch party, no ad campaign, just an eye-catching design and a single, first-person story about weird exercise classes on... Continue reading

6. Short Takes

   Man on the (Digital) Street

   December 6, 2009 04:06 PM

   It all began innocently enough. In fifteen years as a PR guy and serial entrepreneur, Peter Shankman had become something of a personal clearinghouse for reporters in need of sources. Shankman, thirty-seven, was particularly good at serving up “real people,”... Continue reading