In my contribution to the Nieman Journalism Lab’s 2011 Prediction series, I agree with Clay Shirky’s prediction about the disruption of the traditional news syndication model, but disagree (yes, I disagreed with Clay Shirky) about how the disruption will play out.  Here’s an excerpt: The desktop web has been a revolutionary platform in terms of [...]

We’re excited to announce the addition of four high-quality news sources to Publish2 News Exchange. ProPublica, GlobalPost, Texas Tribune, and Texas Watchdog have created their newswires in Publish2′s platform for sharing and distributing journalism in print and across the Web. ProPublica is a Pulitzer-winning nonprofit news organization specializing in investigative journalism on topics including the [...]

Last week, we told you about some of the national news sources available now in Publish2 News Exchange. They’re offering their stories for free in exchange for attribution in print. On Sunday, the Daily Telegram in Adrian, Michigan became the first newspaper to run a story — two stories, in fact — they found using [...]

We’re turning the spotlight on three news sources in Publish2 News Exchange. These are online-only news organizations distributing their stories for newspapers to run in print — free in exchange for attribution. First, Politics Daily: Here’s what Melinda Henneberger, Editor-in-Chief, says about Politics Daily’s reporting style: “What PoliticsDaily.com offers is effectively counter-programming; instead of attempting [...]

Last month, four major newspaper companies announced a joint ad sales venture to “let national advertisers place ads on local Web sites with a single phone call.” When I read that, I realized suddenly why local newspapers are having so much trouble adapting to the web. There’s no such thing as a local website.

The link journalism meme seems to have legs, based on the number of smart people who picked it up. Now it’s time to kick it up a notch, with the concept of NETWORKED link journalism, which can give journalists, collectively, the power of Digg and Google to direct huge amounts of traffic on the web.