“We live under the happy illusion that we can transfer news-gathering to the Internet. …Nearly all reporting is done by newspapers and the wire services. Take that away and we have a huge black hole.”

“the response from the right-wing noise machine is…almost a microcosm of how they’ve reacted to any story that punctures their narrative over the last eight years.”

More hyperlocal news, fewer pages, less foreign coverage…the gaps in the newspaper industry are creating new openings for progressive news projects.

Fun tag cloud of the BTE site

“The people formerly known as the audience would like to say a special word to those working in the media who, in the intensity of their commercial vision, had taken to calling us “eyeballs”…”

Interesting and somewhat bitter reflections on the evolution of Netroots Nation from DailyKos diarist Hunter. Have we done all of this, he wonders, just to get back to pre-Bush equilibrium?

“It struck me how necessary pink tiaras were in the informational black hole that enables the inscrutable machinations of Washington to move forward without public scrutiny. A successful movement depends on a media that will grant it public legitimacy.”

Interesting…Yglesias moves to CAP

“a 9,000-square-foot, two-story, fully wired platform for alternative coverage and a stage for newsmakers….will be a counterpoint to the usual convention activities.”

Research on blog readers and political activism

Why is ProPublica subsidizing already-rich outlets?

Cool! How can we use this to highlight the best of progressive media?

Nice roundup of the conference I just organized. Now that this is over I can finally pay attention to the book project!