Have new communications technologies revitalized the public sphere, or become the
commercial tool for an increasingly un-public, undemocratic news media? Are changing
journalistic practices damaging the nature of news, or are new media allowing journalists to
do more journalism and to engage the public more effectively?With massive changes in the
media environment and its technologies, interrogating the nature of news journalism is one
of the most urgent tasks we face in defining the public interest today. The implications are …