Profile: Mark Glaser

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Go beyond newspaper sources

I agree with Jeff, you will need to talk to people beyond the editors of the Merc and Chron. I would bet that the person who runs this site, David Cohn, knows more about the future of newspapers than those editors. I can already guess what those editors would say: "The future of newspapers is online, but we can't make money there." Why not talk to people who *are* making money there? Talk to people at Yelp, at Digg, at Craigslist, at EveryBlock -- places where the future of journalism will happen to some extent. If this is about investigative journalism then talk to people at Salon, at the Center for Public Integrity. Widen your focus if you really want to know what will be happening to the future of newspapers.

Good luck!


on: The future of Bay Area newspapers in a digital age and changing economy
February 10, 2009

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