State of the Media Report 2004

Here’s A Really Neat Mefi Thread on the State of the Media Report 2004 from journalism.org. They touch on virtually all aspects of news reporting, and reach some interesting Conclusions.

“Thus there would be two Internets, in a sense. There would be the big media, the handful of places where large audiences assemble, and where huge multi-platform news organizations would deliver news on demand worldwide in sophisticated ways, perhaps better than they do now. And then there would be the open Internet – the water cooler, bloggers and clamoring citizens, off in their niches, in chat rooms and grass roots organizations, creating movements and confounding the establishment. And the Internet would be home to both. As of 2004, the signs are pointing in that direction.”