This was a catch-all "market analysis" presentation I put together in October 2008, based in part on some thinking of Jeff Jarvis regarding an emerging "press sphere," among other topics addressed here.

1. Future of News(papers) A review of business models, experiments, innovations, and more Seth C. Lewis School of Journalism, UT-Austin [email_address]

3. State of the News(paper) Industry

4. In a word …

5. UGLY

7. Falling for decades …

8. … but spiraling since 2003

11. Newsroom jobs lost 2007: 2,185 2008: 8,118 so far

13. “ The world needs journalism now more than ever. We just don’t need paper .” — NYTimes.com reader

14. Fundamental shift: analog --> digital

22. Bringing In the User: Emerging Forms of Journalism

28. Example 1: Citizen Journalism

29. Jay Rosen’s definition Jay Rosen, 2008

38. How online news sites use citizen-J Pros in charge Amateur control Opening up to comments Add-on reporter Citizen bloghouse Stand-alone citizen site; minimal editing Hybrid: pro + citizen Wiki-style

39. Example 2: Crowdsourcing

41. Crowdsourcing and Journalism

50. Show me the money! (or, can any of these ventures pay for themselves?)

51. Short answer:

52. Not yet.

53. Let’s assume current conditions continue (same biz model, etc.)

55. Crossing the Chasm

56. Crossing the Chasm

57. Is there hope in innovation?

59. Or, be like Google