"Like the multiple windows open on our computer screens, like the simultaneous pictures on an episode of 24 -- the other visual hallmark of the War on Terror years -- the ticker said there was simply too much information to send through one channel alone. Big news day or slow news day, the urgency -- alert alert alert -- never stopped."

"With Facebook's native applications for photos, email, events and groups already in place, a built-in news application is inevitable. Such an application would help Facebook take on Google News and further broaden its walled garden of content. Unfortunately, a Facebook News application will not bode well for media companies." (Via @lisagrimm)

"The author finds that users are shifting from more traditional 'authority' methods of credibility determination, where users cede determinations to trusted third parties, to a 'reliability' approach where users seek commonalities and coherence among multiple information sources. This has led to an increased pressure for participation and openness at all levels of the internet."

Annual Pew report.

"Every syndication dollar earned is another dollar that doesn’t have to be wrung out of highly competitive advertising markets. Importantly, the syndication dollars derive from what journalism organizations do best: create high-quality content." So much more appealing a model.

Pew Internet survey: "... people use their social networks and social networking technology to filter, assess, and react to news. And they use traditional email and other tools to swap stories and comment on them. Among those who get news online, 75% get news forwarded through email or posts on social networking sites and 52% share links to news with others via those means." Also, only 38% of respondents said they wanted more local news. And yet, local is so often the focus of news start-ups.

"A convergence of factoids seems to point to something inevitable: the future of news delivery is on wireless devices, and those devices will be smartphones, much more than e-readers."

Or, how to write 23 inches in 20 minutes. One reporter's simple method for organizing stories.

Predicting developments in media 2009-2014.

See Big Brown (Race Horse), etc. A great example of how to organize and make useful a massive collection of archives.

"Systems that facilitate high-quality content creation and editing are crucial for the Internet's continued growth, because without them we will all sink in a cesspool of drivel. We need to make it easier for the experts, journalists, and editors that we actually trust to publish their work under an authorship model that is authenticated and extensible, and then to monetize in a meaningful way. We need to make it easier for a user who sees one piece by an expert he likes to search through that expert's entire body of work. Then our users will be able to benefit from the best of both worlds: thoughtful and spontaneous, long form and short, of the ages and in the moment."

Gateway wiki ... contextual archive ... a sensible approach.

International news start-up headed by Charles Sennott.

Josh Marshall's politics-news blog

"Politico’s mission is to cover politics – the lifeblood of the nation’s capital – with enterprise, style and impact."