After a day or two of playing with the numbers, he came back to me with an interesting picture: Based on its current level of online ad revenue, he says, the L.A. Times could support a staff of about 275 people at their present salaries, and even offer a slight bump in benefits. This factors in offi...

I know I’m stating the obvious, but if I brought anything away from last night’s journalist mash-up, No News Is Bad News, it’s that West Seattle Blog is HOT, HOT SHIT right now. The premise of the event was … well, I don’t remember. But, what it became was a chance for ...

In response to a long, righteous article in the New Republic about why the decline of newspaper is going to be bad for democracy, ex-journalist Dan Conover holds forth: Goose a few newspaper journalists these days and they’re likely to exclaim something about why Americans should care about sa...

1. Public funds investigative journalism 2. Angel funding for investigative journalism 3. Government funds Journalism 4. A Non-profit Trust funds Journalism 5. Regular Donation Drives funds Journalism 6. Small, localized, Print on demand newspapers 7. Small, online only news teams 8. A mix of free p...