10 trends that have transformed journalism

In a 1,200-word “blogger’s cut” of his 800-word UK Press Gazette piece, Paul Bradshaw identifies ten key trends in journalism in the past decade. Notice the importance of “hyper-local” or community news. Kelly Vendeland at the Editors Weblog makes these additional observations: “For Bradshaw, the biggest change has been the increased involvement of the audience, which has morphed from the occasional letter into ‘something else entirely.’ New technology also has made communication between reader and media easier than ever before…”