Never before has the hurdle one must clear for sharing information with mass audiences been so low, and never has the expansion and consistency of establishment journalism in the digital space been so imperative.
The growth and influence of consumer-generated media and unreliable Web sites increase the likelihood that the "media democratization" inspired by new technologies will instead result in information balkanization dominated by ideologues. Unless today's media institutions develop a more visible digital brand and align their editorial resources and ...