12 road maps for sustainable digital media worldwide
Renaissance maps showed monsters, hazards to avoid. The future of journalism is increasingly digital, mobile, and in flux. It is unexplored territory. Like the explorers and navigators of the Renaissance, various organizations � governments, NGOs, journalism groups, and universities, among others � have been trying to map the most promising routes to sustainability in the new media ecosystem. It's not just about making money; it's about providing news and information crucial to a democratic society. Versi�n en espa�ol (At left, a map from Chet Van Duzer's book Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps . Click to enlarge.) As traditional news media organizations have lost revenues, laid off employees, and reduced coverage, new digital media have emerged as important players in providing public-service journalism, especially on the local level. Databases and promising routes Researchers from a variety of organizations have created databases of thousands of new...