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THERE'S NOTHING SEXY about community journalism - town meetings, bake sales and all - but there may be a future in covering hyperlocal stories, according to the Star-Ledger. Check out the story, which was written by a recent TU grad.

WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF NEWS? No one knows for sure. But one thing is definite, according to Blogussion: It’s becoming readily apparent that aspiring journalists aren’t going to be able to take the tried and true road to journalistic success.

Jeff Jarvis, a CUNY professor, waxes poetically on his blog about the future of journalism being an entrepreneurial endeavor: The future of news is not institutional… The news of tomorrow has yet to be built…. The structure – the ecosystem – of news will not be dominated by a few corporations but likely will be made up of… Continue

TODAY'S NEW YORK TIMES contains a story about how the economy is restricting our brightest young minds, the recent college grads who can't find jobs. That makes me want to puke. Because the brightest minds aren't waiting for someone to give them a job. The truly intelligent ones recognize the fact that they have to make their ow… Continue

THE TECHNICALLY PHILLY guys get some love from the Nieman Lab, and they walk through their lessons learned. Read here.