This document discusses challenges and opportunities facing the news industry. It notes declining daily readership and advertising revenue for print newspapers. However, it also cites research showing increasing demand for news. The document outlines three main puzzles to solve: ensuring news content is relevant to audiences, distributing news across different platforms, and achieving profitability. It questions how to best monetize various distribution channels and revenue streams, and weigh features versus future opportunities. Overall, while the supply of information is increasing, the document sees an opportunity to better organize and curate news to meet the still-rising demand.

1. The Future of News Collegiate Network Western Division Editors Conference Mark J. Davis VP Strategy & Interactive Media San Diego Union-Tribune

2. Why worry?

3. Daily Readership Source: NAA

4. Advertising Revenue Source: NAA

5. But, What About Demand? Chart: Markus Prior, News Audiences and Demand for News

6. Religion

7. Religion Leverage Eyeballs 1980’s 1990’s

8. Religion Conversation Today -

9. Religion It has it’s own dogma.

10. Religion It’s a conversation. Graphic created by David Armano

11. Religion Everything online. And first.

12. Religion Citizen journalism rules

13. Religion Hyperlocal rules

14. Religion Aggregation

15. Religion Heresy?

16. Religion The high priests are old Their message has been accepted

17. Religion The dogma is true Don’t accept its primacy It’s not enough

18. Religion We’re following the dogma to get these But they’re not translating into much

19. Conversation Rathergate

20. Hyperlocal

21. Citizen Journalism

22. Hyperlocal

23. Hyperlocal

24. Hyperlocal/Citizen Journalism

25. Citizen Journalism

26. Citizen Journalism

27. Conversation/Aggregation

28. Conversation

29. Online First “Beginning today, we are adopting an Inquirer first policy for our signature investigative reporting, enterprise, trend stories, news features, and reviews of all sorts. What that means is that we won't post those stories online until they're in print.” Mike Leary

30. Beware Features vs. Futures

31. Features vs. Futures

32. Features vs. Futures

33. NewNews NewsMap

34. NewNews digg mixx

35. NewNews Techmeme

36. NewNews Silobreaker

37. NewNews Newser

45. Opportunity Although the supply of information is increasing… … so is the demand. And the supply is poorly organized and of uneven quality. There, is the opportunity.